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The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up The setback in delivering cards to Manchester residents was criticised by the Liberal Democrat Manchester Withington MP John Leech. Coughing and spluttering. Unable to complete basic tasks without... [20 Nov 2009]
UK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The setback in delivering cards to Manchester residents was criticised by the Liberal Democrat Manchester Withington MP John Leech. The controversial ID project has hit another delay, with the government... [16 Nov 2009]
Code red: Cash pleas for struggling home of codebreakers
News A Liberal Democrat MP has asked the government for funding for Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreaking during World War II. In an early day motion filed on Monday, MP Phil Willis... [24 Jul 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News In the debate, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs argued that the UK-US extradition treaty is unbalanced, as it is non-reciprocal. McKinnon's MP David Burrowes, who is also the shadow minister for... [16 Jul 2009]
Manchester public will get first UK ID cards
News The news received a mixed reception in Manchester, with Liberal Democrat John Leech, MP for Manchester, Withington, warning the government the pilot would be hamstrung by a lack of volunteers willing to... [06 May 2009]
NHS critical IT faults leap 80 per cent
News The figures were revealed in a written parliamentary answer to Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb.silicon.com Public Sector The number of severe faults in NHS computer systems has almost doubled over the... [02 Feb 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.01.09
Round-Up Yes, it's asteroid enthusiast and Liberal Democrat MP for Montgomeryshire, Lembit Opik. But before any of those fuming denizens of middle England (who haven't already rushed off to write a letter to... [16 Jan 2009]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake added: "There are concerns about whether £7m put into the e-crime unit will be sufficient and whether it will be sufficiently resourced to do the job in hand. Conservative... [05 Nov 2008]
Who's on the wrong side of the UK digital divide?
News UK residents on lower incomes are far less likely to have internet access, according to an Ofcom response to a parliamentary question on internet access tabled earlier this year by Liberal Democrat MP... [07 Apr 2008]
More than 1,000 gov't laptops lost since 2001
News The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Berr) is the latest to reveal figures in response to questions from Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East, Sarah Teather, about the loss of... [01 Apr 2008]
Driver agency plugs data leaks
News Transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick unveiled the data security changes at the DSA in a written answer to Parliament in response to a question by Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik. Data security at the... [28 Mar 2008]
Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts
News The figures were revealed in written parliamentary answers to questions by Brent East Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather who queried laptop, mobile phone and PDA losses across government departments. The... [19 Feb 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... [03 Jan 2008]
Editor's blog: What your identity is worth
Comment Last week acting Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable claimed the data on the discs could be worth up to £1.5bn to criminals on the black market. Write to your MP and demand changes to the law - point... [05 Dec 2007]
Gov't slammed for 'pro-Microsoft IT stance'
News A Liberal Democrat MP has launched a stinging attack on the government's IT strategy, saying it has given Microsoft too much control. John Pugh, who is MP for Southport and a member of... [11 Oct 2007]
