Parliament 'didn't understand RIP Act'
News Lord Phillips of Sudbury told a Parliamentary meeting in London on Wednesday that neither backbenchers nor government ministers fully grasped the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which was passed into law in 2000.
[November 6, 2003, 16:35]
Experts: Broadband access is priority over fibre
News Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention on Thursday, strategy and markets development partner for Ofcom, Peter Phillips, said wider availability should be the top broadband priority for the UK. Ofcom's Phillips said that with around 40 percent of...
[January 27, 2009, 7:51]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog This time, his capacious hooter for hot poop led him to the Houses of Parliament where Lord Phillips of Sudbury has convened a meeting looking into the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. We try, lord knows we try, but every so often Graeme...
[November 7, 2003, 15:55]
ID card bill savaged by the Lords, again
News Liberal Democrat peer Lord Phillips of Sudbury said in a statement after the vote: "This is a great victory for civil liberties. Independent Labour peer Lord Stoddart of Swindon accused the government of undermining the freedoms won by those who...
[January 24, 2006, 17:00]
Digital Britain: Broadband in every home by 2012
News Strategy and markets development partner for Ofcom, Peter Phillips, told a conference last week: "It's even more important [than a next-generation rollout] to ensure that all UK residents have access to high-speed broadband.
[January 29, 2009, 17:03]
Tories join ID card opponents
News Dem.peer Lord Phillips of Sudbury said a decent society needed to win people's hearts and minds, and ensure that the marginalised did not become too desperate. The public services should offer "serious protection" of every individual's privacy, the...
[May 20, 2004, 12:10]
Home Secretary admonishes Lords over ID cards
News Opposition in the Lords is based on what ID card critics such as Liberal Democrat peer Lord Phillips of Sudbury call "compulsion by stealth" - whereby people will be forced to get an ID card and register on the national identity database when...
[March 22, 2006, 14:55]
Data surveillance complaints have zero success rate
News This claim didn't find much favour with Lord Phillips, chairing the meeting, who said he was amazed that none of the 470 complaints were legitimate. The body set up to protect UK citizens from having their communications data unfairly accessed by...
[November 5, 2003, 17:25]
