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Queen's Speech To Exclude Arts Web Site Scheme
News A £150m scheme to put the cream 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) admitted today. Despite the DCMS' hesitancy about the Culture and...
[June 19, 2001, 15:29]
ID Cards Unveiled In Queen's Speech
News Legislation for national ID cards and the UK's version of the FBI were the key planks of the Queen's Speech today, which promised "security for all". The Queen's Speech is read by the Queen but written by the government and it sets out the...
[November 23, 2004, 14:40]
News Burst: E-commerce, Surveillance In Queen's Speech
News The government will lay out its plans for the Internet and e-commerce Wednesday with the controversial e-communications bill, one of 28 bills making an appearance in the Queen's Speech. The Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) -- which will...
[November 17, 1999, 11:40]
ID Cards Unveiled In Queen's Speech
Talkback ".increase security for all". Once upon a time we spoke of increasing freedom for all. Now we are witnessing democratic [voters do not denounce it] fascism [all-powerful government] on the march: Orwellian databases in the name of "security".
[November 24, 2004, 16:23]
ID Cards Unveiled In Queen's Speech
Talkback What is a facial scan? You know that people have facial reconstructive surgeries and face lifts more frequently now! What could not be changed beyond eyes which can also be damaged, and finger prints (my mother could not be properly fingerprinted...
[November 23, 2004, 19:27]
ID Cards Unveiled In Queen's Speech
Talkback PLEASE save us from ID cards - PLEASE save us from ID cards - PLEASE save us from ID cards! Being German and 45 years happy to be living in the UK now and NOT having the regime of ID cards I'm scared now of the being introduce now her in the UK...
[November 30, 2004, 11:38]
Our Essential Liberties Must Not Be Compromised For An Empty Security Dream
Blog Following the Queen's Speech today which promised to press on with ID Cards, here's an interesting comment piece in the Guardian which is talking a lot of sense: The temptation to become irrational in the fight against home-grown terrorism in...
[November 15, 2006, 17:02]
ID Cards Bill Rises From The Ashes
News Tony Blair will reintroduce the national ID cards bill in the Queen's Speech on Tuesday but a senior government official has admitted that concessions will have to be made to ensure its passage through parliament.
[May 16, 2005, 17:40]
Cyberterror Threats Dismissed
Talkback Winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category of Innovation Please note that the proposed World Security Organisation has many facets and the precise reasons for proposing it are discussed in DK Matai's speech delivered at the Oxford...
[February 10, 2005, 10:09]
How To Smile At Pirates, And Win
Leader Gates, in the position of Philip of Spain being asked to admire Queen Elizabeth's new silverware, smiled and said nothing. As Queen Elizabeth knew very well, what some call piracy others call nation building.
[February 5, 2007, 16:06]
News Burst: Big Brother Legislation Pushed Through
News In a surprise move, the government announced in the Queen's speech that it will create a new bill to carry forward updates to the widely-criticised Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) and parts of the e-communications bill.
[November 17, 1999, 15:46]
Big Brother Plans Pushed Through Parliament
News In a surprise move, the government announced in the Queen's speech that it will create a new bill, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill, to carry forward updates to the widely-criticised Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) and parts...
[November 17, 1999, 15:28]
Compulsory ID Card Scheme On Course For Parliament
News Compulsory biometric ID cards and a central database of all UK citizens could be created by 2010 under controversial legislation unveiled by the government in the Queen's speech on Wednesday. As predicted, Home Secretary David Blunkett fought off...
[November 27, 2003, 9:10]
Hopes Raised For Internet Grooming Ban
News The Queen's Speech, which was delivered on Wednesday morning and lays out the government's legislative agenda for the next 12 months, included a commitment to bring forward a bill to review the laws on sexual offences.
[November 13, 2002, 13:23]
A Year Ago: Big Brother Plans Pushed Through Parliament
News In a surprise move, the government announced in the Queen's speech that it will create a new bill, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill, to carry forward updates to the widely-criticised Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) and parts...
[November 17, 2000, 6:00]
Database To Resolve Internet Adoption Disputes
News The new Adoption and Children Bill -- announced in the Queen's speech as part of the government's new legislative programme -- will be reintroduced in the autumn parliamentary session, and is intended to tighten up the issue of Internet adoption.
[August 7, 2001, 16:58]
The Euro - Beware Of Distant Elephants
News Pro-European government ministers are also lobbying hard to try to ensure that the Queen's speech in November contains an imperative to hold a euro referendum. "Euro creep" is coming. In fact it's here.
[March 28, 2002, 16:32]
Privacy Advocates Confident About ID Card Defeat
News The national ID cards bill was reintroduced in the Queen's speech on Tuesday. A leading privacy organisation claims government plans to introduce national ID cards will be defeated thanks to the publication of a new report from the London School of...
[May 17, 2005, 17:55]
Government Claims 'no Change' In ID Cards Policy
News There has been no change in policy on that," said the spokesperson, who declined to give any details of whether there would be a change in policy announced in Tuesday's Queen's speech. The ID cards scheme will not be scrapped, despite rumours to...
[November 5, 2007, 16:31]
Passport Fee Rise Linked To ID Cards
News Following Blunkett's response last week to criticisms of the scheme by the Home Affairs Select Committee, the ID card bill is expected to be included in the Queen's Speech later this month. The UK's biometric ID card scheme will cost the government...
[November 3, 2004, 14:48]
