UK Intellectual Property Office: Internet
Mr Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) on how many occasions and for what periods the website of the Intellectual Property Office has been unresponsive as a result of denial of service attacks in the last three years; [18672] (2) what reports he has received on the denial […]
Dr Ganic
Mr Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reports she received on the steps taken by Interpol between the issue of a diffusion notice relating to Dr Ejup Ganic in May 2009 and the arrest of Dr Ganic on 1 March 2010; and whether there is an outstanding red notice […]
Prison Building programe
22. Mr Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has for the future of the prison building programme; and if he will make a statement. [17833] Mr Blunt: The Ministry of Justice is committed to publishing a Green Paper on Rehabilitation and Sentencing, consulting on our longer term plans for […]
Visit to Bradwell Power Station
John Whittingdale visited the site of Bradwell Power Station to see progress being made in decommissioning the station. John received a briefing from Mark Morant, President of Energy Solutions International Group, and Dick Sexton, Site Manager. Bradwell Power Station ceased generating in 2002 and its decommissioning is being managed by Energy Solutions. The site is […]
Visit to Calorex Heat Pumps
John Whittingdale visited Calorex Heat Pumps in The Causeway Industrial Estate, Maldon where he as given a briefing on the company by Tony Mullins, Chairman, and Richard Carrington, Managing Director (pictured). John also discussed the concerns of the Heat Pump Association with President, Tony Bowen, who is also a non-executive director of the company. He […]
Dr Ganic
Mr Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who attended the meeting relating to Dr Ejup Ganic held at his Department on 27 February 2010; and what (a) matters were discussed and (b) decisions were made at that meeting. [16004] Mr Lidington: No meeting was held at the Foreign and […]
Woodham Radars FC
John Whittingdale presented a cheque for £5,000 from the Football Foundation to Woodham Radars FC. Funded by the Premier League, the FA and the Government via Sport England, the Football Foundation is the nation’s largest sports charity. Since its launch in July 2000, it has so far supported around 8,000 community sports projects worth £920 […]
Privilege
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con): I am mindful of your instruction that this is a narrow debate about referring the matter to the Standards and Privileges Committee, Mr Deputy Speaker, but it might help if I clarified one or two aspects regarding the two examinations of the matter that have been carried out by the […]
Digital Technology
Mr Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect of the provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2010 on public intermediaries, with particular reference to libraries and universities; and if he will make a statement. [12101] Mr Vaizey [holding answer 6 September 2010]: […]
Phone Tapping
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con): As the Home Secretary indicated, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee spent a considerable time examining this matter in the previous Parliament. We reported our conclusions to the House and we stand by them. We certainly found it very difficult to believe that Clive Goodman was the only member of […]