Hacking is greater threat than military attack
News Speaking at the Open Intelligence and Security Debate at the House of Commons in London, Robin Cook said that because technology had an increasingly important role in all aspects of life in the UK, vital services such as power and water supply...
[March 30, 2001, 7:14]
Cook slams Bonfield's bumper pay-off
News The £3m pay-off awarded to departing BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield was criticised by senior Labour MP Robin Cook on Thursday. Speaking in the House of Commons, Cook agreed that it wasn't acceptable for top bosses to receive generous...
[November 2, 2001, 6:30]
One in three UK companies have been hacked
News News of the research comes just a week after Foreign Secretary Robin Cook warned that computer hacking may pose a greater threat to the national infrastructure than military attack. A survey of IT professionals released today indicates that one in...
[April 3, 2001, 17:11]
Net surfers get curried away
News The launch is also timely, coming so soon after Robin Cook's speech in praise of a multicultural Britain, which observed that chicken tikka massala, not shepherd's pie or fish and chips, is now the country's national dish.
[April 25, 2001, 14:00]
Government seeks views on e-democracy
News Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, the leader of the House of Commons, Robin Cook, announced the publication of a consultation paper called In the Service of Democracy. Cook told parliament that information and communication technology (ICT...
[July 16, 2002, 16:13]
Cook reveals hopes for Internet general election
News Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, Robin Cook unveiled his plans for Britain to become one of the first countries to introduce online voting for general elections. Cook described the current system of voting by pen and paper as...
[January 7, 2002, 12:17]
