Adjournment debate on Thursday, 13 October 2005, in the House of Commons, led by Jim Murphy. The answering member was Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom.

e-Government

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on e-government.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 437 c143-80WH
Session: 2005-06
Department: Cabinet Office
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Jim Murphy | 437 c171-3WH;437 c171-4WH (Link to this contribution) : It was quality rather than quantity, of course. The debate has been entirely different today and ...; Jim Murphy | 437 c171WH (Link to this contribution) : The first line of my winding-up speech, which was drafted by my excellent officials, says, ““We ha...; Andrew Miller | 437 c171WH (Link to this contribution) : So it was an excellent debate.; Anne Snelgrove | 437 c170WH (Link to this contribution) : I have listened with interest to the right hon. Gentleman. I recommend the education website as a ...; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 437 c170-1WH (Link to this contribution) : I shall go to it immediately after the debate. One of the problems with the parliamentary website...; Martin Horwood | 437 c169WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for reinforcing my point. He possibly makes it more eleg...; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 437 c169-70WH (Link to this contribution) : Yes, I agree. In this country, we are used to benign government and people respecting the rules no...; Andrew Miller | 437 c168WH;437 c168-9WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. What I meant when I intervened on the hon. Member for Chel...; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 437 c168-9WH;437 c169WH (Link to this contribution) : I would be much more content with that. However, I would be worried about the Government assuming ...; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 437 c168WH (Link to this contribution) : Right. We need to protect and guard against attack from outside and fraud. However, as the hon. M...; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 437 c167WH;437 c167-8WH (Link to this contribution) : The particular game that I am completely addicted to is ““Civilization””. It is the most fantastic...; Andrew Miller | 437 c167-8WH;437 c168WH (Link to this contribution) : May I commend to the right hon. Gentleman, in his capacity as a member of the Intelligence and Sec...; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 437 c168WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman is right. The work that the IAAC does is fantastic. It brings together the Gove...; Andrew Miller | 437 c168WH (Link to this contribution) : There is one next Thursday.; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 437 c166-7WH;437 c167WH (Link to this contribution) : I am delighted by what the hon. Gentleman says about Get Mapping. I agree with him and hope that i...; Andrew Miller | 437 c176-7WH;437 c177WH (Link to this contribution) : I am sure that my hon. Friend did not intend to imply this, but we should not assume that older pe...; Jim Murphy | 437 c175-6WH;437 c175-7WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend is right: there is a phenomenal opportunity in the untapped resources of voluntary ...; Andrew Miller | 437 c175WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend the Member for South Swindon made the observation that it would be nice if MPs had ...; Jim Murphy | 437 c174-5WH (Link to this contribution) : I understand the hon. Gentleman's point, but he gives another reason why we should hope that there...; Speaker | 437 c180WH (Link to this contribution) Despite his promise, the Minister managed to get 38 minutes out of his hour. I wish to thank everyon...; Jim Murphy | 437 c177-80WH (Link to this contribution) : Again, my hon. Friend makes a fair point. For all sorts of reasons, there has been a vast increase...; Martin Horwood | 437 c173-4WH;437 c174WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the Minister for dealing with that point. Obviously, he has been accessing some o...; Martin Horwood | 437 c163WH (Link to this contribution) : I believe that the Information Commissioner is an adviser to the Government, in one context. A doc...; Speaker | 437 c163WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Through the Chair, please.; Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom | 437 c165-6WH;437 c166WH (Link to this contribution) The amazing thing about the debate is that IT is all-pervasive in this country, yet the Minister tel...; Andrew Miller | 437 c166WH;437 c166-7WH (Link to this contribution) : Far from it. I congratulate Get Mapping on providing a fantastic service. It is a business model t...; Andrew Miller | 437 c163WH (Link to this contribution) : Does the hon. Gentleman accept, given his expertise and his particular constituency, that the stat...; Martin Horwood | 437 c163-5WH;437 c163-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I wish I were, but the information commissioner is worried. In his detailed submissions on the Ide...; Martin Horwood | 437 c160WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Member for Luton, South (Margaret Moran) that there is some risk of our being ...; Speaker | 437 c160WH (Link to this contribution) That is very sad.; Andrew Miller | 437 c159-60WH;437 c160WH (Link to this contribution) : Just before the general election, I took a young woman who represented a group called MumsOnline t...; Margaret Moran | 437 c160WH (Link to this contribution) : I thank my hon. Friend for that. If we are to get greater innovation and choice, citizens have to ...; Martin Horwood | 437 c160-3WH (Link to this contribution) : Indeed, my constituency has great technological expertise in GCHQ, although most of us do not know...; Martin Horwood | 437 c160WH (Link to this contribution) : Indeed, Mr. Hancock, it is deeply sad. I confess to having a background in database marketing, mai...; Andrew Miller | 437 c160WH (Link to this contribution) : And is home to GCHQ.; Margaret Moran | 437 c156-9WH;437 c156-60WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the opportunity to debate this issue and I commend my hon. Friend the Minister for h...; Gordon Banks | 437 c154-6WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for introducing the debate today, in which we are all endeavouri...; Anne Snelgrove | 437 c152-4WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend reminds me of one of the difficulties. Social services claims that the Data Protect...; Jim Murphy | 437 c143-8WH (Link to this contribution) : Mr. Hancock, I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship for the first time. Today is the firs...; Andrew Miller | 437 c148-50WH (Link to this contribution) While my hon. Friend the Minister was speaking, I was reflecting that it was some 35 years ago that ...; Speaker | 437 c150WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you. It is much easier to chair a meeting in which you are taking part today than it was 35 ye...; Anne Snelgrove | 437 c150-2WH (Link to this contribution) This is my first speech in Westminster Hall, so I am not used to it yet. I hope hon. Members appreci...; Andrew Miller | 437 c152WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend should also reflect on the fact that the data that is required for those people to ...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Data protection ICT Internet Electronic government
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