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Cyber-snooping Bill through House of Commons
News The much maligned RIP (Regulation of Investigatory Powers) Bill, or 'snooping bill' as it is better known, completed its third and final reading in the House of Commons Monday despite a last ditch attack from opposition MPs.
[May 9, 2000, 17:03]
Wanted: Hackers to attack the House of Commons
News Hackers are to be employed to test the effectiveness of the IT security defences for the House of Commons' computer systems. The House of Commons is also looking to buy an intrusion prevention system - a combination of intrusion detection software...
[May 3, 2005, 10:05]
Wanted: Hackers to attack the House of Commons
Talkback Bet they didn't think of that, though! Getting internet users to stop using IE and uise Firefox would be the best bet in stopping malware.
[May 3, 2005, 13:04]
A Year Ago: Cybersnooping Bill through House of Commons
News In a heated exchange, Tory and Liberals struck out at the human rights implications, as well as the workability and potential cost of the RIP Bill in the House. It is now up to the House of Lords to decide whether the Bill becomes law.
[May 9, 2001, 6:03]
Weblogs help create a political hot spot
News The first ever Wi-Fi network in the House of Commons will go online on Monday, but only for one day as part of a seminar on how politicians can use Weblogs, or 'blogs', to communicate with their constituents.
[July 11, 2003, 12:10]
The wrong ID won't get you very far
Leader Having struggled through the House of Commons on an anaemic majority, the bill's up before the House of Lords. The House of Lords has done well to act on such forebodings, and we hope that once back in the Commons the MPs will do the decent thing...
[January 17, 2006, 14:50]
Malware hits 8pc of Commons computers
News Nearly 400 computers at the House of Commons needed attention after malware attacks during the past 12 months. The information was revealed by Nick Harvey, a Liberal Democrat MP and member of the House of Commons Commission, the body responsible...
[May 21, 2009, 9:19]
Software pirates face ten years in jail
News The House of Commons has agreed to bring in significant changes to the copyright law that will mean someone convicted of software piracy could face ten years' imprisonment and an unlimited fine. Having completed its passage through the House of...
[April 15, 2002, 16:31]
Junk mail threat scares MPs away from email
News According to the House of Commons Information Select Committee, many MPs who use email are refusing to publish their email address because they are concerned about the impact on their work if campaigners began bombarding them with messages.
[July 23, 2002, 11:55]
Judges reveal best (and worst) politicians' websites
News The inaugural MP Website Awards , an event spearheaded by the British Computer Society (BCS), was presented at the House of Commons on Wednesday. The top award was saved for one of the House of Commons' younger members.
[November 9, 2007, 10:00]
Commons connectivity criticised
News A Conservative MP has hit out at the House of Commons IT infrastructure, saying there are schools in his constituency with more advanced IT than the nation's seat of government. In January this year, a report by the House of Commons Administration...
[March 21, 2006, 8:15]
Parliament to get an 'electronic community'
News Peter Hain, the leader of the House of Commons, has launched a system for electronically transferring information between government departments and parliament. In its first stage of development, the network will deliver parliamentary questions...
[November 25, 2004, 11:50]
Government warned of hacking danger
News The Prime Minister has been warned that placing more of the government's infrastructure online will leave it vulnerable to computer hackers, in a leaked letter from the head of the House of Commons published in The Times Friday.
[April 7, 2000, 16:31]
MPs will not drop Web sites during general election
News The former deputy speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Morris, is calling for MPs to take down their Web sites once the current Parliament is dissolved, as MPs technically become parliamentary candidates during this period.
[April 25, 2001, 12:13]
Low demand for first day of Parliamentary Webcasts
News The Parliament TV Web site launched with the streaming of defence questions in the House of Commons, and questions on the environment in the Lords. It will be run in differing forms until December 2002, when the House of Commons and House of Lords...
[January 15, 2002, 17:38]
ILOVEYOU reports keep coming in
News The House of Commons has reportedly been brought to a standstill and a spokeswoman confirms that all electronic communications between government ministers has been halted. In it she said the Commons had acted "swiftly" and "appropriately".
[May 4, 2000, 11:28]
A Year Ago: ILOVEYOU reports keep coming in
News The House of Commons has reportedly been brought to a standstill and a spokeswoman confirms that all electronic communications between government ministers has been halted. In it she said the Commons had acted "swiftly" and "appropriately".
[May 4, 2001, 6:15]
ID cards bill rises from the ashes
News Then Blair's massively reduced majority in the House of Commons raised questions over whether renewed opposition from rebel Labour MPs and the other political parties would kill the ID cards plan altogether.
[May 16, 2005, 17:40]
ID cards bill savaged by Lords and MPs
News House of Commons joint all-party committee on Human Rights also criticises the ID cards bill and warns that the stated aims of the ID card scheme do not justify the huge invasion of privacy it will cause.
[October 25, 2005, 9:50]
Home Office to block Lib Dem MP's entrapment proposal
News The Criminal Justice and Police Bill has reached its committee stage in the House of Commons, making it possible for a minister to table an amendment granting entrapment powers to British law enforcement units in Internet paedophile cases.
[February 20, 2001, 6:10]
