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My Lords, if it is for the Attorney-General in certain circumstances to advise the Speaker in the Lords, as was suggested to my noble and learned friend Lord Morris, does that mean that exactly the same position exists with regard to the House of Commons; that the Attorney-General would be in a position to advise the Speaker of the House of Commons similarly?
My Lords, if it is for the Attorney-General in certain circumstances to advise the Speaker in the Lords, as was suggested to my noble and learned friend Lord Morris, does that mean that exactly the same position exists with regard to the House of Commons; that the Attorney-General would be in a position to advise the Speaker of the House of Commons similarly?
Asked by
Lord Campbell-Savours
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 December 2008
My Lords, as I understand it, the Attorney-General is available to advise the other place, but I do not want to go into detail about whether or not it would require that in the circumstances that have just passed.
Subjects
Electronic surveillance; House of Lords; Email; Police; Peers; Offices; Right of search; Telephone tapping
Date
8 December 2008
Reference
706 c147
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House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been introduced in the last three years by Her Majesty's Government to reduce (a) the level of bureaucratic duplication, (b) burdens on professional staff and (c) administrative difficulties in the application and use of information technology at a local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been introduced in the last three years by Her Majesty's Government to reduce (a) the level of bureaucratic duplication, (b) burdens on professional staff and (c) administrative difficulties in the application and use of information technology at a local...
Asked by
Lord Campbell-Savours
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
27 March 2000
For answer on
5 April 2000
Answered on
5 April 2000
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures have been introduced in the last three years by Her
Majesty's Government to reduce (a) the level of bureaucratic duplication, (b) burdens on professional staff and (c) administrative
difficulties in the application and use of information technology at a local level. [116857]
Ms Stuart: Our consultation on information management and technology in the National Health Service resulted in the publication of
the national Information Strategy "Information for Health", which describes a number of national measures that are intended to
reduce the administrative burden on NHS staff.
"Information for Health" is a national strategy for local implementation. Each health community is responsible for developing its
own Local Implementation Strategy (LIS). The purpose of the LIS is to describe how each local community will develop its own
information systems to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care, including reducing unnecessary bureaucracy and
administrative duplication.
The national initiatives that are intended to support LISs and local health organisations are wide ranging and include: A reduction
in the number of central communications and changing the style of communications to electronic format. Since February 2000 the
Department has been issuing weekly chief executive bulletins by e-mail to NHS organisations and local authorities. The number of
circulars is being greatly reduced and used only for urgent and high priority messages. The full circulars are published on the
Department's website and the e-mailed bulletin provides an immediate notification and summary of what has been published with a link
to the full document. "Project Connect" will provide 24 hour, 7 day a week, desktop access for general practitioners and primary
care teams to an improved service covering e-mail, online information and knowledge, appointment booking, referrals, discharge
summaries, radiology and laboratory test results. The costs of connecting primary care to NHSnet are being met centrally. After
considerable work on this project over the last two years, a significant watershed is now being reached with critical mass of
infrastructure and connection of GPs being achieved in many places. "NHS Direct" was launched two years ago. Researchers have found
evidence to suggest that the introduction of "NHS Direct" has been associated with halting an upward trend in demand for out of
hours services. The "NHS Direct" on-line website service launched last year provides the public with a direct gateway to the best of
health information on the internet. A national procurement review has been undertaken to identify what can be done to ensure that
local health organisations do not have to undergo unnecessarily burdensome bureaucratic processes when purchasing information
systems. The aim is to ensure that work undertaken by local organisations will ensure the best possible solution for local
healthcare delivery, keeping administrative overheads to a minimum. To achieve this communities are expected to implement nationally
agreed standards, and make use of national call-off contracts and supporting documentation. The NHS Information Authority is in the
process of developing, agreeing and implementing a range of national information and information technology standards that will then
be implemented as part of LISs. The standards will facilitate a reduction in the number of times patient information is collected;
improve the quality of communication between healthcare professionals and the quality/consistency of information available across
the health service. Electronic access to this information throughout the NHS will multiply the benefits already experienced by more
advanced sites locally and have a significant impact upon the administrative burden. "Information for Health" is underpinned by an
education, training and development strategy "Working Together with Health Information". This strategy, published in December 1999,
builds upon previous work to develop NHS-wide standards for information proficiency, and will make use of virtual technologies to
provide local NHS staff with the access to learning resource that they need. The initiative will ensure that the lessons learned in
one health organisation are available to other organisations and thereby allow more informed decision-making about the kinds of
intervention required. At the same time the approach will help prevent duplication of effort where effective solutions have been
identified.
Subjects
Bureaucracy; ICT; General practitioners; Email; NHS; Primary care; Management; Medical records; Standards; Training; NHS Direct; Circulars; NHS Information Authority
Date
5 April 2000
Reference
347 c512-3W; 116857
House
House of Commons
Statement on the progress in establishing a computerised cattle traceability system for Great Britain.
Statement on the progress in establishing a computerised cattle traceability system for Great Britain.
Asked by
Lord Campbell-Savours
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Rooker
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 November 1997
For answer on
12 November 1997
Answered on
12 November 1997
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the progress in
establishing a computerised cattle traceability system for Great Britain. [15849]
Mr. Rooker: We are continuing to make good progress towards getting this system in place. I announced to the House on 30 July,
Official Report, column 310, that the organisation responsible for administering the system, the British Cattle Movement Service,
(BCMS) will be based in Workington, Cumbria. I also announced subsequently that BCMS will take over responsibility for cattle
passports. There are now two further developments to report. First, the Government consider it very important for there to be as
much reporting of cattle movements to the new cattle traceability database by electronic mail as possible. This should reduce the
paperwork burden on businesses which move large numbers of cattle, such as livestock markets and abattoirs. To help such businesses,
we are issuing a protocol today for them to follow in order to communicate with the database by e-mail. Copies are being sent to all
livestock markets and abattoirs in Great Britain. I very much hope that markets and abattoirs will invest in the relatively small
changes needed to their IT systems over the next few months. This work needs to start now if it is to be completed by the time the
new computerised system goes live in 1998.
Secondly, the Government have decided to charge for the cattle traceability system via cattle passports. Farmers applying for cattle
passports will pay a fee which will cover the costs of the new computerised system. This follows consideration of a wide range of
alternatives, including charging on the basis of the number of movements for which a business is responsible, charging via ear tags,
charging at slaughter and charging via an annual registration fee for cattle producers. Charging via passports was chosen because it
should be easy to enforce, since cattle without passports cannot go for human consumption. Because it is simple, administrative
costs will be kept down so benefiting industry directly. The fee is expected to be in the range £5 to £10 per animal. The livestock
industry will be involved in how this method of charging will be implemented, for example through its representatives on the Project
Board which is managing the introduction of the computerised system.
Subjects
Databases; Animals; Cattle; Fees and charges; Disease control; Email; Markets; Transport; Slaughterhouses; BSE; British Cattle Movement Service
Date
12 November 1997
Reference
15849; 300 c545W
House
House of Commons