HC Deb 14 June 1999 vol 333 c5W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what modifications have to be made to the computer terminals installed in post offices as part of the Horizon project to make them compatible with(a) smart card and (b) barcode technology. [85865]

Mr. Ian McCartney

The system is already fully compatible with both smartcard and barcode technology.