Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

177295

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Data Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bates on 19 January (HL4242 and HL4243), why it was decided to store parliamentary data on Microsoft servers in the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland; and whether any attempt by the United States authorities to access those records will be made on a mutual legal assistance basis.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL4662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>The move to Office 365, which necessitated the storage of parliamentary data on Microsoft servers, was a core part of Parliament’s ICT Strategy to deliver improved services, connecting Members to the information that they need from anywhere, at any time and from any device.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary ICT worked in collaboration with the Parliamentary Security Director, the Senior Information Risk Owners of both Houses, counsel, other parties and the supplier to assess the risks of the proposed new arrangements. Any risks in relation to conventional cyber-attacks were assessed to be sufficiently mitigated and the risk of potential cross jurisdictional action was considered to be negligible (for example, under the USA PATRIOT Act) given the reassurances that were received.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be for me to comment on possible or actual activities of another country’s authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 13/02/2015 15:34:48 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

174543

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Parliament: Data Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure that any attempt by United States authorities to access United Kingdom parliamentary data held on Microsoft servers in the Netherlands will be made on a mutual legal assistance basis.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL4243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Storage of Parliamentary data is a matter for the House authorities. The application of the US's bilateral Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) with the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland in regard to data held on Microsoft servers is a matter for those countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4242 question first answered 02/02/2015 14:28:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

174542

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Parliament: Data Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure that any attempt by the United States authorities to access United Kingdom parliamentary data held on Microsoft servers in the Republic of Ireland will be made on a mutual legal assistance basis.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL4242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Storage of Parliamentary data is a matter for the House authorities. The application of the US's bilateral Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) with the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland in regard to data held on Microsoft servers is a matter for those countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4243 question first answered 02/02/2015 14:28:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird