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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the recent announcement by Microsoft that Internet Explorer was used to carry out thecyber attacks which prompted Google to say it will withdraw from China, they will review the use of Internet Explorer throughout the public sector.

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Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
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Written questions
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Date
28 January 2010
Reference
1505; 716 c367-8WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of France and Germany about security risks of using Internet Explorer; and whether they will encourage public sector users to use another web browser.

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
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Written questions
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Date
26 January 2010
Reference
1420; 716 c316-7WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they will consider supporting the Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa, and whether they will draw this initiative to the attention of other member states of the European Union; [HL 3273].

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 June 2003
Reference
HL 3273; 649 c113WA
House
House of Lords

When the AssetTrak system, which was intended to replace the MINDER system on 1 January, is now scheduled to come into operation; and how the Executive Committee of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees intends to secure the integrity of records used as balances of non-expendable property that would...

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Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
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Written questions
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Answered
Date
2 November 2000
Reference
HL 4262; 618 c116WA
House
House of Lords

What information was given to the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees about the discrepancy between actual expenditure on non-expendable property of $68.4 million and the amount recorded by the MINDER system of £4 million; whether this relates only to assets acquired during the year 1999;...

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Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
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Written questions
Status
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Date
2 November 2000
Reference
HL 4260; 618 c115WA
House
House of Lords

What was the total expenditure on the MINDER system, including staff costs, up to the end of 1999. [HL 4261].

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
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Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 November 2000
Reference
618 c115-6WA; HL 4261
House
House of Lords

Whether the testing of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's casework system was completed as scheduled in November 1999; whether the piloting of the system to confirm that it is robust under normal operating conditions has been completed; whether they cleared the pre 1993 backlog by the end of 1999 as...

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
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Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 February 2000
Reference
HL 703; 609 c61-3WA
House
House of Lords

What progress has been made in testing the Siemens casework system, designed for the Immigration and Nationality Dept; and when they expect it to be fully commissioned. [HL 4479]. - Includes ref to 19 May 1999 at 601 c32-3WA.

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Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
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Written questions
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Date
8 November 1999
Reference
HL 4479; 606 c113WA
House
House of Lords

What measures they have taken, or will take, to ensure that only licensed software is used in govt depts and agencies, local authorities and health authorities, and; in companies providing goods and services to public authorities. [HL 1201].

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 March 1999
Reference
HL 1201; 597 c993-4WA
House
House of Lords

Whether instructions have been issued to the governors of prisons in England and Wales and in Scotland respectively to maintain logbooks showing all commercial software programs acquired by their establishments and recording details of periodic checks made to ensure that no unlicensed software is in use. {HL 2272].

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 June 1998
Reference
591 c38WA
House
House of Lords

What payments have been made by the prison authorities in England and Wales and in Scotland respectively in respect of unlicenced software found to have been used in their establishments as a result of enquiries by the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) or otherwise; what measures have been taken to...

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 June 1998
Reference
591 c38WA; HL 2271
House
House of Lords

Why they selected two firms to participate in the Quantum Project to assess the feasibilty and value for money options in the delivery of information technology to the Prison Service; how they will ensure that the supply of these services is open and competitive and that specifications are written in...

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 1998
Reference
HL 1072; 588 c8WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they will publish a list of Home Office publications which are printed in prison work-shops, & if they have any plans for training prisoners in the use of desktop publishing systems, so that more of the work on government publications generally can be done in prisons. - Includes list.

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 June 1992
Reference
537 c52-3WA
House
House of Lords