UK Parliament

This author's articles

• Protection of Private Data

  30 January 2008
  Following the spate, and ongoing disclosures of, sloppy government data security and weak data handling, the UK parliamentary justice committee has issued a damning report.

• Private Members’ Bills

  18 June 2007
  Private Members’ Bills are Public Bills introduced by MPs and Lords who aren’t government ministers. As with other Public Bills their purpose is to change the law as it applies to the general population. A minority of Private Members’ Bills become law but, by creating publicity around an issue, they may affect legislation indirectly