#6 Quote character appears as a capital X

[Francis Irving]

Often on the parliamentary website open quote
characters appear as a capital X.

This is one example, under a written answer on
Smuggling, but there are numerous others.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020403/text/20403w06.htm#20403w06.html_dpthd0
It says XMeasuring Indirect Tax Fraud"

This causes trouble for computerised parsing algorithms
and looks unprofessional. There is probably a software
bug in the content management system used relating to
smart quotes (when the open and close quote look
different in the source text).

[Francis Irving]

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Similarly in the small lines before boarding schools in
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020403/text/20403w07.htm#20403w07.html_sbhd2

[Matt Ashby]

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Reported to Lords Hansard Office 03 November 2003 - they
will pass this comment to their web people and get back to
me when they've worked out what the problem is. I will of
course pass on more information when I get it.

A search for the word "Xthe" from the Commons Advanced
Search page <http://www.publications.parliament.uk/cgi-
bin/dialogserverTSO?
DB=ukparl&FILE=searchJS&DATETYPE=ANY> provides many
good examples of this problem, such as
<http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199697/ldhansrd/
pdvn/lds03/text/30912-05.htm#30912-05_spnew3> (which
provides a block quote and inline example of the problem).

[Matt Ashby]

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Spoke to TSO on 14 November 2003. Promised to get back to me
but will call again.

[Matt Ashby]

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Spoke to Paul Hadlow at Commons Hansard office (call 020
7227 3000 and ask for him) today, since the problem has not
yet been rectified. He says he will contact TSO and badger
them about it, and that he is the correct person to speak to.
I will obviously call him again if (when) this isn't fixed.