Government plays for time over ID cards
News Home Office minister Beverley Hughes said on Wednesday that the government believes that analysis of the responses to the consultation could take until the end of this parliamentary session, or even longer.
[June 19, 2003, 11:57]
Home Office pledges £1.5m to help protect children online
News Home Office minister Beverley Hughes announced the child safety campaign on Monday. This campaign is not intended to alarm people, but to alert them to the potential dangers that young people may face online and to help them surf in safety," said...
[December 3, 2001, 11:38]
Home Office screens Internet paedophile warning ads
News The "thinkuknow" campaign was unveiled by Home Office Minister Beverley Hughes at the Warner Brothers cinema in Leicester Square. Launching the campaign, Hughes said: "People wanting to gain access to children are becoming very experienced at using...
[December 19, 2001, 16:50]
Government may ignore ID card opposition
News Observers were therefore surprised to see Home Office minister Beverley Hughes tell Parliament last month that the government was "making a detailed assessment of the 2,000 responses received to the consultation exercise.
[May 30, 2003, 16:29]
Identity theft remains a growing problem
News Home office minister Beverley Hughes last month told a crime conference that false identities are commonly used in organised crime and by terrorist groups. According to Hughes, although ID fraud cost the UK £1.3bn last year, it is not simply about...
[July 21, 2003, 17:59]
Internet 'grooming' legislation faces delays
News Speaking at the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) fringe meeting at the Labour Party conference in Brighton on Monday, Beverley Hughes, the Home Office minister and chair of the Internet Taskforce on Child Protection, implied that new "grooming...
[October 2, 2001, 13:28]
All police employees to get ContactPoint access
News Beverley Hughes, the children's minister, released a list of the job positions that will have access to the ContactPoint system on Wednesday, in a written parliamentary answer to Keith Vaz, the Labour chair of the home affairs select committee.
[November 10, 2008, 10:26]
10,000 volunteers to trial ID cards
News Beverley Hughes, Home Office Minister, said in a statement: "We are building the foundations for a compulsory national identity card scheme, and are moving ahead with the development and testing of this cutting-edge technology.
[December 5, 2003, 14:35]
