§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Chairman of the Information Committee if he will make a statement on the current progress and the likely timetable to when hon. Members on the parliamentary data and video network will be able to have House of Commons e-mail addresses accessible to their constituents and the general public through the Internet.
§ Mr. WallerThe Information Committee has recommended, subject to endorsement by the Finance and Services Committee of the necessary expenditure, that connection to the Internet should be made available, as an experiment, to those Members who are users of the parliamentary data and video network and who request it. It is hoped that connection to the Internet will be possible by May of this year. The experiment will be assessed in due course.