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Act normally but don't call 999 -- Y2K latest

...government bug-busters Action 2000 and Leader of the House of Commons Margaret Beckett, the pamphlet -- which will be delivered to every home in the... Read more

1 November, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Key services at risk from hackers

...at the conference to discuss the threat hackers pose. Launching the conference, Margaret Beckett, Leader of the House of Commons warned that the smooth running... Read more

23 February, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

A Year Ago: ILOVEYOU reports keep coming in

...electronic communications between government ministers has been halted. Head of the House, Margaret Beckett, issued a statement warning of the danger. In it she said... Read more

4 May, 2001 by Richard Barry and Will Knight

2000 Roundup: Government tries (hard) to get online

...government but two days later the leader of the House of Commons, Margaret Beckett, accused the government of underestimating the dangers of hacking in its... Read more

25 December, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

Jane Wakefield: Have you caught the love bug?

...plummy politician decided to warn the Leader of the House of Commons, Margaret Beckett, that she may receive a message saying I love you. She... Read more

5 May, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

ILOVEYOU reports keep coming in

...electronic communications between government ministers has been halted. Head of the House, Margaret Beckett, issued a statement warning of the danger. In it she said... Read more

4 May, 2000 by Richard Barry and Will Knight

E-minister warns UK business of hacker threat

...to the British press last week, head of the House of Commons Margaret Beckett warned the Prime Minister of the growing danger of "electronic attack... Read more

12 April, 2000 by Will Knight

Government warned of hacking danger

...copied to Tony Blair and Head of the Civil Service Richard Wilson. Margaret Beckett, Leader of the Commons, warns the PM that moving services online... Read more

7 April, 2000 by Will Knight

Millennium bug: erm, we're not ready - MOD, Inland Rev.

...is still work to be done. Yesterday it was the turn of Margaret Beckett, Leader of the House, to declare the government is 80 percent... Read more

18 June, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Richard and Judy rapped for Y2K scaremongering

...for Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and minister responsible for the millennium bug, Margaret Beckett to make regular speeches to reassure the public essential services will... Read more

5 February, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

LookBack '98: A year in the life of the Bug

Jane Wakefield takes us through the millennium bug stories of 1998. It wasn't what you'd call a smooth period for the bug busters... Read more

24 December, 1998 by Jane Wakefield

Upbeat Y2K message from MOD

...priority," he said. Speaking at the London Readiness 2000 conference last month, Margaret Beckett, leader of the House of Commons and minister with overall responsibility... Read more

9 December, 1998 by Jane Wakefield

New Millennium body for the capital

...clean up systems, the government's state of play is pretty worrying. Margaret Beckett, leader of the House of Commons, delivered her quarterly review on... Read more

7 December, 1998 by Jane Wakefield

Another name and shame campaign for Y2K laggards

Margaret Beckett, leader of the House of Commons confirmed that the Audit Commission... Read more

2 December, 1998 by Jane Wakefield

Welwyn: Home to the world's first Millennium Bug Park

MP and Leader of the House of Commons Margaret Beckett launched the worlds first 'Bug Park' in Welwyn Garden City on... Read more

4 November, 1998 by Jane Wakefield

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