PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
COMPUTERS AND THE MILLENNIUM (11 May 1998)

That this House is extremely concerned by the Millennium Bomb and the potentially devastating consequences it could have on the UK and global economies; is concerned that the cost of a comprehensive solution for the United Kingdom is estimated at over ú50 billion, of which only about ú8 billion has so far been spent; shares the worries of many leading businessmen that the public sector is even further behind than the private sector; wonders where the resources for the cost to the public sector will come from such as the estimated ú1 billion for the National Health Service; welcomes the Prime Minister's recent intervention and acknowledgment that this problem is an emergency; urges Action 2000 and Taskforce 2000 to work closely together in tackling this problem; and hopes that the Government immediately appoint a Millennium Bomb Tsar to urgently begin the task of co-ordinated, prioritised action across the economy.

Sponsored by:
Sir Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat)