Lords debate on motion to take note of the Annual Report for 2010-11 of the Information Committee (HL 190 2010-12). Agreed to on question.

Lords debate on motion to take note of the Annual Report for 2010-11 of the Information Committee (HL 190 2010-12). Agreed to on question.

My noble friend invited comments, and as I have a Select Committee hearing to go to, I wonder whether perhaps he can help me with a question at the moment. I appreciate how PICT has helped individual members—it has been really helpful to me—but I get worried sometimes about the...

My noble friend invited comments, and as I have a Select Committee hearing to go to, I wonder whether perhaps he can help me with a question at the moment. I appreciate how PICT has helped individual members—it has been really helpful to me—but I get worried sometimes about the...

My Lords, before the Division was called I was remarking that the business managers have done us a favour in finding time for this important debate in Grand Committee to deal with the annual report of the Information Committee. I am sure that I speak for all committee members in...

My Lords, before the Division was called I was remarking that the business managers have done us a favour in finding time for this important debate in Grand Committee to deal with the annual report of the Information Committee. I am sure that I speak for all committee members in...

My Lords, it is my pleasure to move that the Grand Committee takes note of the Information Committee's annual report for 2010-11. It is my pleasure and privilege to chair the committee. This is the first opportunity that we have had to share our deliberations more widely among our colleagues...

My Lords, it is my pleasure to move that the Grand Committee takes note of the Information Committee's annual report for 2010-11. It is my pleasure and privilege to chair the committee. This is the first opportunity that we have had to share our deliberations more widely among our colleagues...

That the Grand Committee takes note of the Annual Report for 2010-11 of the Information Committee (First Report, HL Paper 190).

That the Grand Committee takes note of the Annual Report for 2010-11 of the Information Committee (First Report, HL Paper 190).

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to debate the report and to make a few points on it. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, for an excellent introduction, despite the rather rude interruption which tried to take us completely off the point that we were on. In future, if...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to debate the report and to make a few points on it. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, for an excellent introduction, despite the rather rude interruption which tried to take us completely off the point that we were on. In future, if...

My Lords, first, if anybody thinks that I am being high-tech using my iPad for my speech, that is partially true. However, I also have a confession to make. When I tried to print it out on paper, the paper stuck in the printer. I was leaving it a little...

My Lords, first, if anybody thinks that I am being high-tech using my iPad for my speech, that is partially true. However, I also have a confession to make. When I tried to print it out on paper, the paper stuck in the printer. I was leaving it a little...

My Lords, I begin, having been here rather too long, with a vote of thanks to our chairman, who has a remarkably light touch sometimes in that all the meetings we have attended have finished exactly on time, usually when I have plucked up the courage to say something. I...

My Lords, I begin, having been here rather too long, with a vote of thanks to our chairman, who has a remarkably light touch sometimes in that all the meetings we have attended have finished exactly on time, usually when I have plucked up the courage to say something. I...

Indeed. I am grateful for that intervention. We have to be open and honest and tell the unvarnished truth about the degree of change that will be coming if the ICT strategy that the committee has agreed in principle is rolled out by May 2015. I am keen on using...

Indeed. I am grateful for that intervention. We have to be open and honest and tell the unvarnished truth about the degree of change that will be coming if the ICT strategy that the committee has agreed in principle is rolled out by May 2015. I am keen on using...

I thank the noble Earl. We are not far apart on this now. I am grateful to him for his other comments as well. The noble Lord, Lord Haskel, was very kind to the House staff. We all feel that too; I think Member-led outreaches are invaluable and difficult to...

I thank the noble Earl. We are not far apart on this now. I am grateful to him for his other comments as well. The noble Lord, Lord Haskel, was very kind to the House staff. We all feel that too; I think Member-led outreaches are invaluable and difficult to...

My Lords, this is of course the advantage of having an iPad which is indexed immediately with my comments, which one can do in a PDF. The document is actually talking about a use of bespoke solutions for Parliament's unique core systems, in paragraph 12 on page 7. That was...

My Lords, this is of course the advantage of having an iPad which is indexed immediately with my comments, which one can do in a PDF. The document is actually talking about a use of bespoke solutions for Parliament's unique core systems, in paragraph 12 on page 7. That was...

My Lords, I am grateful to all the Members who have taken part. Apart from my noble friend Lord Avebury, we have kept this within the family. There is no harm in that, and I draw a conclusion from the fact that we have not had the Grand Committee packed...

My Lords, I am grateful to all the Members who have taken part. Apart from my noble friend Lord Avebury, we have kept this within the family. There is no harm in that, and I draw a conclusion from the fact that we have not had the Grand Committee packed...

My Lords, could I take up one minute of the Committee's time to pursue a point just raised by the noble Lord, Lord Haskel and the noble Earl, Lord Erroll? It is about the use of equipment off the premises of the Palace of Westminster that is chosen by the...

My Lords, could I take up one minute of the Committee's time to pursue a point just raised by the noble Lord, Lord Haskel and the noble Earl, Lord Erroll? It is about the use of equipment off the premises of the Palace of Westminster that is chosen by the...

My Lords, I, too, thank our chairman for organising this rather pleasantly informal debate. We have members of the staff here, we have a clerk, and we even have a member of the Government to see that we behave ourselves. Until they actually serve on the committee, people do not...

My Lords, I, too, thank our chairman for organising this rather pleasantly informal debate. We have members of the staff here, we have a clerk, and we even have a member of the Government to see that we behave ourselves. Until they actually serve on the committee, people do not...

My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to wind up this important and thought-provoking debate. I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I congratulate in particular the noble Lord, Lord Renton, for his introduction to the debate, and his committee on this report, as well as on the helpful...

My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to wind up this important and thought-provoking debate. I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I congratulate in particular the noble Lord, Lord Renton, for his introduction to the debate, and his committee on this report, as well as on the helpful...

My noble friend raises a very important point. I will certainly come back to him when I have found out what progress has been made.

My noble friend raises a very important point. I will certainly come back to him when I have found out what progress has been made.

My Lords, it is a privilege to take part in this debate and to respond to the report on behalf of Her Majesty's Official Opposition. I join other noble Lords in paying tribute not only to my noble friend Lord Renton but to all members of the committee who contributed...

My Lords, it is a privilege to take part in this debate and to respond to the report on behalf of Her Majesty's Official Opposition. I join other noble Lords in paying tribute not only to my noble friend Lord Renton but to all members of the committee who contributed...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Renton, spoke about the ambassador scheme. I have been an ambassador since the scheme started. Last Friday, I went to the Marist School near Ascot and spoke to 115 senior pupils. It is a private girls’ school with a very high academic standard. I...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Renton, spoke about the ambassador scheme. I have been an ambassador since the scheme started. Last Friday, I went to the Marist School near Ascot and spoke to 115 senior pupils. It is a private girls’ school with a very high academic standard. I...

My Lords, I will talk this afternoon particularly about the work that has gone on and which continues to go on since we published our report in July last year, Are the Lords Listening? Creating Connections between People and Parliament. I am delighted to see that there are so many...

My Lords, I will talk this afternoon particularly about the work that has gone on and which continues to go on since we published our report in July last year, Are the Lords Listening? Creating Connections between People and Parliament. I am delighted to see that there are so many...

That the Grand Committee do consider the Report of the Information Committee on Are the Lords Listening? Creating Connections between People and Parliament (First Report, Session 2008–09, HL Paper 138).

That the Grand Committee do consider the Report of the Information Committee on Are the Lords Listening? Creating Connections between People and Parliament (First Report, Session 2008–09, HL Paper 138).