To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Office of Cyber Security will be fully operational by March 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Office of Cyber Security will be fully operational by March 2010.

Letter dated 30/11/2009 from Lord West of Spithead to Lord Patten regarding the Queens Speech debate and the office of cyber security. 2 p.

Letter dated 30/11/2009 from Lord West of Spithead to Lord Patten regarding the Queens Speech debate and the office of cyber security. 2 p.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what (a) funding, and (b) resources, including staff numbers, have been allocated to (1) the Office of Cyber Security, and (2) the Cyber Security Operations Centre.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what (a) funding, and (b) resources, including staff numbers, have been allocated to (1) the Office of Cyber Security, and (2) the Cyber Security Operations Centre.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) budget and (b) number of staff of the (i) Office of Cyber Security and (ii) Cyber Security Operations Centre in Cheltenham is in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) budget and (b) number of staff of the (i) Office of Cyber Security and (ii) Cyber Security Operations Centre in Cheltenham is in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) budget and (b) personnel his Department will provide for the (i) Office of Cyber Security and (ii) Cyber Security Operations Centre in the first 12 months of operation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) budget and (b) personnel his Department will provide for the (i) Office of Cyber Security and (ii) Cyber Security Operations Centre in the first 12 months of operation.

I support the official Opposition's tabling of an urgent question on this matter. Without it, we would not have been able to have a timely debate on the national security strategy or an opportunity to examine its implications. That would have been a major problem for the House. The strategy...

I support the official Opposition's tabling of an urgent question on this matter. Without it, we would not have been able to have a timely debate on the national security strategy or an opportunity to examine its implications. That would have been a major problem for the House. The strategy...

The Minister owes you, Mr. Speaker, and the House an apology for the public handling of this strategy. As we speak, the Prime Minister is at Detica, a cybersecurity company. Why is he not here making an oral statement? There is no more important responsibility of government than national security,...

The Minister owes you, Mr. Speaker, and the House an apology for the public handling of this strategy. As we speak, the Prime Minister is at Detica, a cybersecurity company. Why is he not here making an oral statement? There is no more important responsibility of government than national security,...

I share the concern of the hon. Member for Reigate (Mr. Blunt) about the way in which the Government have handled this matter. Perhaps it would have been more appropriate if the Minister had made an oral statement. However, my right hon. Friend mentioned organised crime in his answer to...

I share the concern of the hon. Member for Reigate (Mr. Blunt) about the way in which the Government have handled this matter. Perhaps it would have been more appropriate if the Minister had made an oral statement. However, my right hon. Friend mentioned organised crime in his answer to...

I welcome today's publication by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister of a wide-ranging, cross-Government and cross-agency cyber security strategy. Given the significance that the Obama Administration have placed on cyber security, will my right hon. Friend the Minister outline how we will be able to work with our...

I welcome today's publication by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister of a wide-ranging, cross-Government and cross-agency cyber security strategy. Given the significance that the Obama Administration have placed on cyber security, will my right hon. Friend the Minister outline how we will be able to work with our...

My Lords, my locus in this is that, when I was in the position of my noble friend Lady Miller, I worked on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Communications Bill and the RIPA legislation. I listened to the Minister and heard his passion for co-ordination. Perhaps I may ask him...

My Lords, my locus in this is that, when I was in the position of my noble friend Lady Miller, I worked on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Communications Bill and the RIPA legislation. I listened to the Minister and heard his passion for co-ordination. Perhaps I may ask him...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his Statement. However, does he agree that measures to address the threat to states from cyber attack have to be global and all-inclusive? I hope to heaven that he does agree with that. If he does, is it not quite extraordinary that...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his Statement. However, does he agree that measures to address the threat to states from cyber attack have to be global and all-inclusive? I hope to heaven that he does agree with that. If he does, is it not quite extraordinary that...

My Lords, as always, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. We agree with the Government that there is no more important responsibility for government than national security, so we find it extraordinary that this Government have published the country’s first cybersecurity strategy and the 2009 update to the...

My Lords, as always, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. We agree with the Government that there is no more important responsibility for government than national security, so we find it extraordinary that this Government have published the country’s first cybersecurity strategy and the 2009 update to the...

My Lords, my right honourable friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Terrorism answered an Urgent Question earlier in the other place. With the agreement of the usual channels, it is being repeated in this place as a Statement, as is the practice. The Statement is as follows:...

My Lords, my right honourable friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Terrorism answered an Urgent Question earlier in the other place. With the agreement of the usual channels, it is being repeated in this place as a Statement, as is the practice. The Statement is as follows:...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, for raising a number of points. It was good to see her at the start of the debate. I have noticed that a colleague of hers has appeared on every media channel in the past two hours, talking about this...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, for raising a number of points. It was good to see her at the start of the debate. I have noticed that a colleague of hers has appeared on every media channel in the past two hours, talking about this...

My Lords, we on these Benches, too, find the process by which this Statement has been made extremely regrettable. The Minister will remember that, on the Second Reading of the Policing and Crime Bill, I raised at some length the issue of cybercrime, because we felt that it was a...

My Lords, we on these Benches, too, find the process by which this Statement has been made extremely regrettable. The Minister will remember that, on the Second Reading of the Policing and Crime Bill, I raised at some length the issue of cybercrime, because we felt that it was a...

My Lords, the noble Lord raises a number of very important issues. As noble Lords will know, we are looking at the RIPA legislation because we are not convinced that it is being used by, for example, local councils in the right way. That was never intended and we want...

My Lords, the noble Lord raises a number of very important issues. As noble Lords will know, we are looking at the RIPA legislation because we are not convinced that it is being used by, for example, local councils in the right way. That was never intended and we want...

My Lords, we have a set of work streams and one that the office for cybersecurity will tackle relates to international engagement. We are engaged internationally. As I said, we are almost joined at the hip with the US, and that stems from the agreement signed in the late 1940s...

My Lords, we have a set of work streams and one that the office for cybersecurity will tackle relates to international engagement. We are engaged internationally. As I said, we are almost joined at the hip with the US, and that stems from the agreement signed in the late 1940s...

The Minister will be aware how critical the counter-terrorism sub-committee has been, despite the slowness of establishing the new operations centre, and, similarly, how concerned we have been at the slowness of establishing the counter-terrorism units in the various regions up and down the United Kingdom. Can he assure us...

The Minister will be aware how critical the counter-terrorism sub-committee has been, despite the slowness of establishing the new operations centre, and, similarly, how concerned we have been at the slowness of establishing the counter-terrorism units in the various regions up and down the United Kingdom. Can he assure us...