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Alastair Lockhart

Ex-Parliament staff member arrested under hacking laws

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A former employee in the Houses of Parliament was arrested last week under anti-hacking laws, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has announced.

Addressing MPs at the start of business in the House of Commons on Monday, Sir Lindsay said the former staff member had been detained under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

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