§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to make available departmental publications on Internet; and if he will state the Internet address of such documents.
§ Mr. Ian TaylorThe Broadband Communications Command Paper published today is the first Command paper to be made available on Internet. The Internet address is URL:http://www.open.gov.uk/dti/broadband__comms.htm.
The CCTA recently announced an initiative on the wider use of Internet in Government. Departmental officials are in discussion with a number of institutions to establish how effective Internet would be for the distribution of departmental information.