HC Deb 07 March 1995 vol 256 cc147-8W
Mr. Allen

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will identify the key issues arising out of the G7 conference on the information society; and what steps his Department will be taking to address them.

Mr. Ian Taylor

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mr. Shaw) on 2 March 1995,Official Report, columns 715–16. The main area of follow-up to arise from the G7 conference will be the implementation of the 1 1 collaborative pilot projects which were launched by the G7 Ministers to demonstrate the potential of the information society. The UK will be playing an active role in the implementation of these projects. I shall be asking the multi-media industry advisory group—which I established to advise me on multi-media and information highways—to advise on how best to take this work forward. I am also in contact with other Government Departments.

The DTI will be looking in more detail at standards, interconnection and intellectual property issues raised at the conference.