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House of Lords approves use of iPads and tablets

...After centuries of paper-based debate, the House of Lords has backed the use of Apple iPads and other tablet... Read more

14 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Apple iPads get House of Lords backing

...The House of Lords administration and works committee has issued a report recommending that... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

MPs get green light for iPad and Twitter

...the House of Commons before becoming an accepted set of rules. The House of Lords said in March that peers can use handheld devices to... Read more

25 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Ofcom to review site-blocking in Digital Economy Act

...spring. In addition, the act was described by Baroness Hamwee in the House of Lords as a "prime candidate" for review because it was "only... Read more

1 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

Apple iPads backed by the House of Lords

...position on the use of electronic devices inside the chamber. If the House of Lords agrees with the committee's findings, the Lords procedure committee... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

Apple iPads enter the House of Lords

...handheld devices gets the nod... After centuries of paper-based debate, the House of Lords has backed the use of Apple iPads and other tablet... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Lords look to Vaizey for data-roaming crackdown

A House of Lords committee has told the government that current data-roaming charges... Read more

13 March, 2012

Peer puts pressure on Home Office over McKinnon

...Unionist peer Baron Maginnis of Drumglass has tabled six questions in the House of Lords in support of US military hacker Gary McKinnon. Lord Maginnis... Read more

5 May, 2011

Lords set sights on Digital Economy Act review

...The Digital Economy Act could be reviewed by the House of Lords next year, if peers are given the right to scrutinise... Read more

14 July, 2010 by David Meyer

Data roaming costs unjustifiable, Three tells Lords

...Three UK head of public policy Julie Minns Three UK told the House of Lords EU sub-committee on the internal market on Monday. "We... Read more

5 March, 2012

Police: We're not watching you on social media

...of state, Baroness Browning, said in response to a question in the House of Lords on Tuesday. However, Facebook has suggested it might make changes... Read more

7 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Three gives villages free mobile broadband

...get around 30 dongles and MiFi devices. "We had written to the House of Lords, our local MP, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills... Read more

30 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Apple iPads backed for House of Commons

...limiting how such devices are used, as was the case when the House of Lords voted to allow handheld devices to be used in the... Read more

25 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Lords debate McKinnon 'torture'

...Ulster Unionist peer. Lord Maginnis of Drumglass introduced a debate in the House of Lords on Wednesday around the predicament of McKinnon, who is currently... Read more

24 March, 2011

Government to begin shredding ID card data

...Identity Documents Bill, which last week passed its committee stage in the House of Lords. IPS will also have to pay 3M SPSL for the... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Kable

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