Politicians are questioning the wisdom of wiring up Parliament with
a computer network, following allegations by Labour MPs that they have had
discs stolen and their computer files broken into.
In these cases a thief would have had to physically enter the MPs鈥� offices.
If plans to link MPs, Lords and staff on a network go ahead, their data
could be just as vulnerable to hackers. Peter Hain, one of the victims of
the recent thefts, says 鈥業 would want some cast iron security鈥�.
Plans for a network have been under discussion since 1983. A pilot scheme
is about to begin at the new parliamentary office at 7 Millbank. The Information
Select Committee hopes to have finance to wire the whole of Parliament by
1994.
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