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To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, if he will reintroduce the screen-based Polis III system for honourable Members and their staff in addition to the browser interface.
To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, if he will reintroduce the screen-based Polis III system for honourable Members and their staff in addition to the browser interface.
Asked by
Robert Key
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Allan of Hallam
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Information Select Committee
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 March 2000
For answer on
27 March 2000
Answered on
27 March 2000
Mr. Key: To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee if he will reintroduce the screen-based Polis III system for hon. Members
and their staff in addition to the browser interface. [116347]
Mr. Allan: This is an operational matter falling within the remit of the Library and the Parliamentary Communications Directorate
(PCD). I am advised that the decision to withdraw screen-based access to POLIS for the majority of PDVN users was implemented by PCD
and the Library in order to comply with Parliament's IT convergence strategy. The cost of providing millennium compliant terminal
emulation software to all PDVN users could not be justified, compared with the benefits of developing the browser-based version. The
Library's POLIS development programme is now focused on that service. Future plans include active hypertext links to the text of the
Official Report and other parliamentary publications in electronic format, and advanced search capability.
I gather that screen-based POLIS is still available via one of the public access PCs in the Official Publications Library. I have
asked the Librarian to investigate whether it could also be placed on the PCs in the Members Library.
Subjects
Access; ICT; Facilities; Members; Members' staff; POLIS
Date
27 March 2000
Reference
116347; 347 c42W
House
House of Commons