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| | Blair stomps on millennium bug - ZDNet UK News |
 | | Blair's efforts were immediately attacked by Cheryl Gillan, shadow trade and industry minister who accused Blair of abandoning the Conservative's original plan, Taskforce 2000, headed by the then science and technology minister, Ian Taylor. |
 | | Gillan remains unimpressed with Blair's promises which she believes should extend to guarantee that "all essential services, such as the emergency services, benefit payments etc. are guaranteed not to be affected by the bug." In his speech, Blair made no such promises - thought by some to have been a wise, if cautious tactic. |
 | | Gillan also called for a "triage study" to prioritise what she termed "the most important sectors" affected by the bug. |
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