house buying gets quicker, sort of. plans for online conveyancing can only be a good thing. one minor problem:

the proposed system - which would involve solicitors signing up to a customised electronic method of exchanging documents and contracts linked to a land registry central database - could be introduced by 2010. 2010?? and the first pilot study taking place in 2005? what are they up to that takes this long to plan out?

of course if this were the software for a national id card scheme they’d be able to get it up and running in a matter of weeks… something that helps the general public though? no chance.