§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked the Leader of the House:
What House of Lords publications are now available on the Internet; and whether Judgments of the House of Lords are yet available in this form.
The Lord Privy Seal (Viscount Cranborne)From the beginning of the current parliamentary Session, House of LordsHansard, indexed and with a full search facility, has been available free of charge on the Internet by 9.00 am on the day of publication. The printed version continues to be available, priced at £2.50 per day.
From today, Judgments will be available on the Internet. They will be accessible from 4.00 pm on the day of delivery in the House. The text will be complete with no headnotes or interpretative material.
The following publications are also available:
Information on future business in the House of Lords and its Select Committees.
Full text of the Report of the Science and Technology Committee on Information Society: Agenda for Action in the UK (5th Report, Session 1995–96, HL Paper 77).
A range of information material on the role and work of the House, the judicial business of the House and the work of House of Lords Select Committees.
From January 1997 the text of certain Bills in the House of Lords and certain Select Committee reports (excluding evidence) will be available on the Internet. All Bills and Select Committee reports and other House of Lords papers will be available from May 1997. 111WA Amendments, Marshalled Lists and the Minutes of Proceedings should be available in November 1997.
This material can be accessed from the United Kingdom Parliament home page at http://www.parliament.uk.