To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee what proposals he has to arrange training for hon. Members in the use of the PDVN network of (a) e-mail, (b) the Internet and (c) internal communications. [37712]

The staff of the information systems office provide training courses in all aspects of the parliamentary data and video network's use. Training courses have recently been revised to cover the new Internet electronic mail and world wide web services and continue to cover the traditional service, including such internal communications facilities as electronic mail, the bulletin board and the diary-scheduler.