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MPs: UK must overhaul US extradition treaty now

...British citizen to the USA than vice versa," the committee's chair Keith Vaz said in a statement. "The cases of Gary McKinnon, Richard O... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Rogue police deleted data at gangs' behest, says report

...2008, and directed ZDNet UK back to the Home Office for comment. Keith Vaz, the chair of the Home Affairs Committee, told Channel 4 News... Read more

30 March, 2012

MPs urge ISPs to take down terrorist material

The Home Affairs Committee has called for an ISP code of conduct 'committing them to removing violent extremist material', although it is unclear whether they mean 'hosting providers' rather than ISPs Read more

6 February, 2012 by David Meyer

MPs: Police IT is 'not fit for purpose'

The home affairs select committee has branded police IT systems as 'not fit for purpose' in a new report Read more

23 September, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

McKinnon waits in limbo for health expert

...despite having had more than a month to do so. Committee chair Keith Vaz asked May why it was taking so long to appoint a... Read more

16 December, 2010 by Ben Woods

Blunkett: Use technology to try McKinnon

...appear before the home affairs select committee, but had declined, committee chairman Keith Vaz said on Tuesday. The case should be dealt with in British... Read more

30 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

MPs urge Nasa hacker clemency

...use his discretion in evaluating the case of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. Keith Vaz, the chair of the the Home Affairs Select Committee, sent a... Read more

12 November, 2009 by Tom Espiner

DNA pioneer 'deeply worried' by database policy

...retention in late 2008. In response to a question from committee chair Keith Vaz MP on whether he stood by his criticism of the Home... Read more

4 February, 2010 by Kable

Home secretary considers Nasa hacker plea

...from McKinnon's in August last year, before psychiatric evidence was gathered. Keith Vaz, the Labour MP who chairs the Home Affairs Select Committee, told... Read more

11 November, 2009 by Tom Espiner

McKinnon fight goes to Brighton

...McKinnon's mother Janis Sharp told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that MP Keith Vaz had agreed to write to American civil liberties campaigner Jessie Jackson... Read more

30 September, 2009

All police employees to get ContactPoint access

...to the ContactPoint system on Wednesday, in a written parliamentary answer to Keith Vaz, the Labour chair of the home affairs select committee. As well... Read more

10 November, 2008 by Kable

Questions asked over legality of e-Borders data gathering

...document from an EU citizen who is entering their country. Committee chairman Keith Vaz said in a statement: "The programme is intended to cost the... Read more

21 December, 2009 by Nick Heath

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