Lord Davies of Stamford
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(8 years, 2 months ago)
Lords ChamberMy noble friend makes a good point. Clearly, there are going to be many lessons to learn from this upset.
When the system was contracted for, whether software, hardware or a computer service company, was the volume specified more or less than the quarter of a million per hour at which it broke down? In other words, was the system adequately specified but it broke down, or was it inadequately specified?
The noble Lord makes a very good point. We need to look at the specifications and at the surges that took place. I am absolutely not complacent about this. We need to look at exactly that kind of question.