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Ofcom to charge terminated downloaders to appeal
Lord Mandelson is planning to make cut off internet subscribers pay to appeal in infringement of copyright dispute resolution processes. In short, if you are cut off by Ofcom for illegally...
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Government has 1,207 ways to enter your house
The peers in the House of Lords have the opportunity to chat away on proposed legislation and often come up with some interesting facts that the House of Commons often misses. And so we come to a...
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Baroness: Hire Gary McKinnon to prevent future Wikileaks debacle
Gary McKinnon is still facing extradition to the USA after he hacked into government computer systems, but he should be hired, rather than jailed, a conservative Baroness has suggested. Baroness...
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Lords will use expense-paid iPads to cheat debates
Members of the House of Lords will be given the go-ahead to use their iPads in the chambers. And play Angry Birds. The news comes as a paper published by the The Lords Administration and Works...
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House of Lords upgrades to Windows 7
Representatives of the House of Lords have been treated to over a quarter of a million quid’s worth of new computer equipment. In a written answer from Labour Lord Moonie to Lord Brabazon of Tara it...
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Labour peer lashes out at "free" iPads in the House of Lords
With the news that laptops are being cast aside in favour of Apple iPads, a peer has said that the approval of iPads in chambers is a rather expensive way to read documents. The outburst comes as the...
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Lord demands funding for UK science breakthroughs
A House of Lords representative called for an increase in funding for the science sector in order to continue to attract the expertise that led to the Nobel prize-winning discovery of graphene’s...
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House of Lords to tweet nap time
The House of Lords’ press department has got incredibly excited about signing up to Twitter. This is democracy and it’s transparency, according to the Lords of the Land, or at least their...
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Lords demand end to extortionate EU data roaming fees
Members of the House of Lords have demanded that extortionate EU data roaming fees are tackled with a “better deal” for service users. A Lords Committee has today written to Communications Minister Ed...
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