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RSS MP commonsCode red: Cash pleas for struggling home of codebreakers
News Willis, who is chair of the House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee, also asked that Bletchley Park be recognised as "the birthplace of the modern computer". A Liberal Democrat... [24 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.01.09
Round-Up Opik managed to raise the matter of the transporter in the House of Commons this week to try and convince MPs that Segways should be legal forms of transport under UK law. Yes, it's asteroid enthusiast and Liberal... [16 Jan 2009]
Department for Transport "incompetence" over shared services
News But a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the project was mismanaged: "There are three ways in which implementation can fail: through delay in introducing planned developments; increased... [16 Dec 2008]
PM speaks out on Nasa hacker plight
News During Prime Minister's questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, David Burrowes, the Conservative MP for Enfield, Southgate asked: "Will the Prime Minister ensure that extradition arrangements are... [21 Nov 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News The recommendations by the committee, headed by Liberal Democrat MP Alan Beith, came in the wake of a series of admissions of lost data from government departments that began in November with HM Revenue & Customs losing... [03 Jan 2008]
How did 25 million records get 'lost in the post'?
News In a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, revealed the full scale of the data loss to gasps from MPs. SNP MP Stewart Hosie asked the Chancellor:... [21 Nov 2007]
'Sentinels' to help fight climate battle?
News The House of Commons Select Committee on Transport today said Galileo is suffering from an "alarming" absence of information about its costs and benefits. Michael Jack, MP and chairman of the... [12 Nov 2007]
Tech to suffer in Brown's new look Whitehall?
News Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South East and a member of the House of Commons science and technology select committee, said proper oversight of scientific and technological issues could be threatened by the... [13 Jul 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 1.12.06
Round-Up Dr Ian Gibson MP, former chairman of the commons science and technology committee, has called on the Department of Health to invest some tax-payers' money into finding out just how dangerous wi-fi is. [01 Dec 2006]
Wi-fi radiation claims take government by surprise
News Dr Ian Gibson, former chairman of the Commons Science and Technology Committee, last week called for the Department of Health to set up an inquiry into the apparent dangers of wi-fi communications. The Department of... [30 Nov 2006]
MPs slam NHS IT delays
News NHS CEO Sir Ian Carruthers and NHS director general of IT Richard Granger were grilled on the Connecting for Health programme by MPs during a heated Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting at the House of Commons this... [27 Jun 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.03.06
Round-Up Grant Shapps says there are few strong voices to push for modernisation in the House of Commons. Also speaking of the UK's seat of government, silicon.com caught up this week with an MP who put the boot... [24 Mar 2006]
NAO report set to criticise NHS IT refresh
News According to reports, a transcript of a House of Commons public accounts committee meeting revealed that the report by the NAO's comptroller and auditor general, Sir John Bourn, will set out the failures of the National... [24 Mar 2006]
Houses of Parliament IT "really sucks"
News A UK MP has hit out at the House of Commons IT infrastructure, saying there are schools in his constituency with far more advanced IT than the nation's seat of government. In January this year, a report... [20 Mar 2006]
MPs back compulsory ID cards
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke insisted - to much laughter and jeers from opposition MPs in the Commons on Monday evening - that "passports are voluntary documents". But Liberal Democrat MP Nick Clegg... [14 Mar 2006]
