MoD refuses to account for missing computer equipment
News Figures obtained by the Paul Burstow MP show that government computer systems were infiltrated by hackers on at least 64 occasions in the last five years. But the MoD, whose systems have been subject to at least 27 hacking incidents since 1995, is...
[January 15, 2002, 13:30]
Straw makes Internet grooming an election issue
News Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow is accusing the Home Office of U-turning on its decision to block his "grooming" proposal originally tabled for inclusion in the Criminal Justice and Police Bill. Eight weeks ago, Home Office ministers said existing...
[May 21, 2001, 13:37]
Rape victim's father demands paedophile crackdown
News The family's MP, Paul Burstow and Nigel Williams, director of children's Internet charity Childnet International, were also in attendance. Blair's response yesterday was no coincidence -- there is a demonstrably clear link between that meeting and...
[March 1, 2001, 13:05]
Home Office to block Lib Dem MP's entrapment proposal
News If the bill proceeds through all stages in the Commons and is passed by the Lords, it could be law as soon as March," said Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow. But Burstow contends that the principle or entrapment is already accepted in British law...
[February 20, 2001, 6:10]
Home Office to criminalise chatroom meetings
News There was concern that the civil order on its own wouldn't address the serious situation of where a paedophile had arranged a meeting with a child for sexual purposes," explained Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow, who sits on the criminal law...
[July 20, 2001, 17:18]
Government loses 122 computers
News Home Secretary Charles Clark added in a written response to Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow MP that 140 computers were stolen in 2004. According to government information service Hansard, Burstow also asked parliamentary under-secretary for the...
[July 14, 2005, 10:15]
Blair considers new paedophile laws
News According to reports, Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow told Mr Blair that a 12-year-old in his constituency had been "groomed" by a paedophile while in an Internet chatroom. Burstow is reported as asking: "Will you take steps to review the law to...
[March 1, 2001, 7:19]
Election 2001: Lib Dems say Labour's IT strategy is not working
News Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow accused Labour on Monday of stealing his proposal to criminalise the online solicitation of children in the run-up to the general election. Burstow claims that the Home Office has made a U-turn on its decision to...
[May 24, 2001, 16:11]
Government hack attacks dropping
News In response to a series of parliamentary questions by Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow, government departments have revealed the level of hacking attempts against them in recent years. The UK government's IT infrastructure continues to be targeted by...
[July 12, 2005, 9:15]
Lost property costs Cabinet Office £100,000
News Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow showed that government computer systems were infiltrated by hackers on at least 64 occasions in the last five years. More than £100,000 worth of electrical goods have been stolen from the...
[January 31, 2002, 17:48]
The Year Ahead: Is the Internet becoming safer for children?
News The amendment, backed by Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow, was branded "unworkable" by the Home Office, despite having proved a success in the US. It is more than a year since Britain sentenced its first Internet paedophile, Patrick Green, to five...
[January 1, 2002, 6:31]
