So well done Harriet. One extra vote for Columba Blango in the coming election.

http://rapidshare.com/files/369949831/snpc-0539…
http://rapidshare.com/files/369950074/RP10-030.pdf

For your information.

Regards

Ian Hughes

From: DANBY, Grahame
Sent: 30 March 2010 11:30
To: HUGHES, Ian
Subject: FW: Digital Economy Bill

You asked about the prospects for the Digital Economy Bill.

The Bill is provisionally scheduled to have its second reading in the House of Commons next Tuesday (6 April). After this, according to some press reports, it might go into the “wash-up” – allowing it to reach the statute book after relatively little further debate. Were this to happen it has been reported that some provisions in the Bill will be lost, though the online copyright provisions are thought likely to survive in some form.

The note below details the procedures involved:

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/b…

Grahame Danby
House of Commons Library
1 Derby Gate
London SW1A 2DG

T: 020 7219 3691
E: danbyg@parliament.uk
W: http://hcl1.hclibrary.parliament.uk/

Ian Hughes
Researcher to Roger Godsiff MP
Tel 0207 219 5191
Fx 0207 219 2221
hughesi@parliament.uk

Birmingham Constituency Office:
Gulbahar Khan 07889 650544
Maggie Novell 0121 603 2299
novellm@parliament.uk

WebSite : www. Roger Godsiff MP

AND it was useful !

However…though this cause has gotten publicity, we dont have enough…yet

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Many thanks for your email regarding the Digital Economy Bill.

I have written to the Minister outlining your concerns, and hope to be able to send you a copy of his response once I have received it.

Please provide me with an address so that I can send you this once I have received it. Providing an address also helps me keep my records accurate and up to date.

If there is anything you wish to discuss or if I can be of any further assistance, in this matter or any other, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

JOHN MANN

Thank you for contacting Grant Shapps MP about the Digital Economy Bill. Grant read your thoughts with interest and asked me to respond on his behalf.

For nearly twelve years, the Government has neglected this crucial area of our economy. Conservatives believe a huge amount needs to be done to give the UK a modern regulatory environment for the digital and creative industries. Whilst we welcome aspects of the bill there are other areas of great concern to us.

We want to make sure that Britain has the most favourable intellectual framework in the world for innovators, digital content creators and high tech businesses. We recognise the need to tackle digital piracy and make it possible for people to buy and sell digital intellectual property online. However, it is vital that any anti-piracy measures promote new business models rather than holding innovation back. This must not be about propping up existing business models but creating an environment that allows new ones to develop. That is why we were opposed to the original clause 17 and are still opposed to clause 29 which props up ITV regional news with BBC Licence Fee payers money.

The Government’s failure to introduce the Bill until the eleventh hour of this Parliament has given rise to considerable concern that we no longer have the time to scrutinise the many controversial and detailed measures outlined in their proposals. We fully appreciate these concerns. In certain areas, including measures to allow website blocking in certain carefully proscribed circumstances, there has been substantial debate in the House of Lords. However, Grant believes they should be debated in the House of Commons before we agree to them and so shares your concerns. Conservatives will only support the measures proposed in the Bill if we are confident that they have been given the scrutiny they deserve.

Please rest assured that Grant's colleagues in the Shadow Culture, Media and Sport and Shadow Business, Innovation and Skills teams will do everything in their power to work towards legislation that strengthens our digital sector and provides the security that our businesses and consumers so desperately need.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to contact Grant. Please do not hesitate to get in touch again about this or any other matter.