§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what plans his Department has(a) to utilise the Internet, (b) to make available on the Internet press releases and other departmental information which the public may wish to have access to and (c) to use the Internet as a means of increasing the openness of his Department.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe Lord Chancellor's Department has no plans directly to utilise the Internet. Press releases issued by my Department through the Central Office of Information are accessible through the Internet via Data-Star Dialog (Europe) and Mead/Lexis/Nexis. They are also available to subscribers to FT Profile, Reuters Textline and to Polis.
My Department's press releases are also made available through the COI's fax retrieval service.