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MPs demand urgent talks on e-petitions system

ePetitions scheme back on the agenda MPs are demanding "urgent" talks to establish a Parliamentary e-petitions system that would give ordinary voters a voice on the issues that are debated in the Commons. The demand, contained in a report from a select ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harriet Harman,  House of Commons

Investigation into fire control project

Government fire control project delayed owing to IT problems MPs have launched an investigation into cost and time over-runs affecting the government's £350m Firecontrol project. The project, which has been delayed owing to IT difficulties, will ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  18 Nov 2009

Tories bash Manchester ID card launch

Mancunians have been urged by the Tories to ignore the government's launch of its ID cards pilot at the end of this month. Speaking shortly after the launch was announced, Shadow Immigration Minister Damian Green said no-one in Manchester should ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Damian Green,  Phil Woolas,  Home Office

Government uses dodgy case study to justify CPS proposals

The Home Office has come under attack for attempting to justify its proposals to force Communications Service Providers to keep communications data for a year by falsifying a case study. A Home Office document outlining the plans said that the rescue ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Home Office,  Angus MacNeil,  Alan Johnson

Disconnection for illegal filesharers unlikely until 2012

Filesharers won't see disconnection for more than two years according to shadow minister Following business secretary Peter Mandelson’s controversial pledge to disconnect illegal filesharers last week, shadow culture media minister Jeremy Hunt has said ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Peter Mandelson,  Sion Simon,  Lord Mandelson

Government to proceed with internet snooping plan

The government is proceeding with plans to compel communications service providers [CSPs] to retain electronic data beyond that required for commercial purposes, and make it available to the security services, police and other public authorities, ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Home Office,  David Hanson

London 2012 Olympics receives £39m Airwave boost

Extra capacity for emergency services radio system will ensure readiness for Games The Home Office is spending £39m to boost the capacity of the Airwave radio system to enable emergency services to cope with the 2012 Olympics and a major incident while ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Home Office,  New York City Police Department,  Ofcom,  Gartner, Inc.

Government admits farmers' data went missing

The government has been forced to admit to another possible data loss - at the agency responsible for paying subsidies to farmers whose IT system was such a disaster that the UK had to pay £70m in fines for failing to meet EU targets. Environment, food ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hilary Benn,  Cabinet Office,  Nick Herbert

Student loans system under fire again

Many students are still waiting for loans The Tories have accused the government of introducing an over-complicated system for delivering student loans, which has left 109,000 undergraduates struggling with inadequate financial support weeks into their ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  David Willetts

One in 10 Britons on police DNA database

The DNA database is still growing One in 10 Britons has a profile stored on the police DNA database, according to the latest Conservative Party claim based on Home Office figures. Shadow Home Office minister James Brokenshire said the latest ...

From PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER, VNUNet.com,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Home Office,  UK Conservative Party,  James Brokenshire,  Damian Green,  Equality and Human Rights Commission

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