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Tougher interception laws to reach Twitter

...of internet communications, including those on social networks, it announced in the Queen's speech. A draft Communications Data Bill will allow police and intelligence... Read more

9 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Email and web snooping plans draw back-bench fire

...justify its proposed new law, which may make its way into the Queen's Speech next month. The law would give GCHQ unprecedented and real... Read more

2 April, 2012

ISPs kept in dark about UK's plans to intercept Twitter

...have decided to set aside legislative time for the CCDP via the Queen's Speech in May, The Daily Telegraph said in a report on... Read more

20 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Superfast broadband: We want UK to lead Europe by 2015, says gov't

...to open up their assets as well, then - as announced in the Queen's speech - I am ready to bring it to the House as... Read more

9 June, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
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Bus O'Clock 1.0

...Londoners.More useful than a pair of socks, more relevant than the Queen's speech, more attractive than Little Mix... What's not to love... Read more

23 February, 2012

ID card cancellation to save taxpayers over £800m

...identity cards. The figures were released with documents published to accompany the queen's speech on Tuesday. In her speech delivered at the state opening... Read more

26 May, 2010 by Kable

Gov't may shelve comms-database plans for 2009

...that the bill will now not be included in next month's Queen's speech, setting out the legislation the government intends to table for... Read more

24 November, 2008 by Jo Best

ID cards unveiled in Queen's Speech

...UK's version of the FBI were the key planks of the Queen's Speech today, which promised "security for all". Both were widely expected... Read more

23 November, 2004 by Andy McCue

Queen's speech to exclude arts Web site scheme

...of Britain's arts online is unlikely to be included within the Queen's speech on Wednesday, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS... Read more

19 June, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

News Burst: E-commerce, surveillance in Queen's Speech

...e-communications bill, one of 28 bills making an appearance in the Queen's Speech. The bill, which has been subject to a host of... Read more

17 November, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

New life for fibre broadband and death of ID cards: Tech in the Queen's speech

...digital photo and scans of the holder's fingerprints. High-speed broadbandThe Queen's speech also stated that the government would support the construction of... Read more

25 May, 2010 by Nick Heath

...12bn snooping database disappears from Queen's speech

...on the backburner after draft legislation failed to appear in today's Queen's speech. The Communications Data Bill was pushed back by the Home... Read more

3 December, 2008 by Nick Heath

5 years ago... Ecommerce takes key role in Queen's Speech

...online transactions... 25.11.98 Ecommerce took centre stage yesterday when the Queen's Speech to mark the opening of parliament promised a government bill... Read more

25 November, 2003 by silicon.com staff

Ecommerce takes key role in Queen's Speech

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25 November, 1998 by Polly Raymond

ID card cancellation to kick off parliamentary debate

...introduced by the coalition government, according to a leaked draft of the queen's speech, published by the Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Mirror. It... Read more

24 May, 2010 by Kable

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