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House of Commons

Wednesday 7 April 2010

Committee of the whole House

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Digital Economy Bill [Lords]

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the House

[6 April 2010].

Secretary Ben Bradshaw

1

Page  1,  line  2,  leave out Clause 1.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

36

Clause  4,  page  6,  leave out lines 16 to 20 and insert ‘infringement of the owner’s

copyright appears to have taken place by means of an internet access service’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

37

Clause  4,  page  6,  line  27,  at end insert ‘by reason of the work in relation to which

the copyright subsists being uploaded or downloaded to peer-to-peer filesharing

networks.’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

39

Clause  4,  page  7,  line  36,  after ‘subscriber’, insert ‘which have been the subject of

notifications sent after the effective date of an order made by the Secretary of State under

section 124H’.

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Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

38

Clause  4,  page  7,  line  39,  leave out ‘electronic or’.

Mr Don Foster

15

Clause  6,  page  8,  line  25,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

35

Clause  6,  page  8,  line  29,  after ‘case’, insert ‘or in relation to a particular class of

internet service providers or subscribers’.

Mr Don Foster

14

Clause  6,  page  8,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(c)	specifies reasonable rights and obligations in relation to a subscriber that

is a library, an educational or cultural establishment, hotelier or internet

cafe as a provider of networks operating between an internet service

provider and a user of the network.’.

Mr Don Foster

12

Clause  7,  page  9,  line  35,  leave out ‘six’ and insert ‘nine’.

Mr Don Foster

13

Clause  7,  page  9,  line  36,  leave out from ‘force’ to end of line 38.

Secretary Ben Bradshaw

2

Clause  8,  page  11,  line  23,  leave out from ‘transparent’ to end of line 26.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

32

Clause  8,  page  11,  line  30,  after ‘copyright’, insert ‘through peer-to-peer

filesharing networks’.

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Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

33

Clause  8,  page  11,  line  31,  after ‘evidence’, insert ‘in relation to subsistence of

copyright and infringement of the owner’s copyright through peer-to-peer filesharing

networks’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

34

Clause  8,  page  11,  line  42,  at end insert—

‘(d)	an indication of whether or not it is alleged that the subscriber or anyone

else obtained financial or commercial gain from the alleged online

copyright infringement through peer-to-peer filesharing networks’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

30

Clause  9,  page  12,  line  39,  after ‘copyright’, insert ‘through peer-to-peer

filesharing networks’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

31

Clause  9,  page  13,  line  11,  after ‘copyright’, insert ‘through peer-to-peer

filesharing networks’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

27

Clause  10,  page  14,  line  13,  leave out ‘by means of the internet’ and insert ‘by

reason of their infringing copyright through the use of a peer-to-peer file sharing

network’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

28

Clause  10,  page  14,  line  28,  after ‘providers’, insert ‘consumer groups, the

judiciary,’.

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Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

29

Clause  10,  page  14,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘( )	an economic and social impact assessment as to whether any application of the

technical measures will be proportionate to its likely affect on, inter alia,

subscribers, households, businesses, users of wi-fi networks, not-for-profit

organisations, libraries, educational establishments and the internet network;

and’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

24

Clause  11,  page  15,  line  7,  after ‘providers’, insert ‘in relation to online copyright

infringement through peer-to-peer filesharing networks’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

25

Clause  11,  page  15,  line  18,  leave out from ‘An’ to end of line 19 and insert ‘order

under this section may not be made by the Secretary of State unless—

(a)	the Secretary of State has laid a draft order and explanatory document

before Parliament in accordance with section 302B; and

(b)	the order is made in accordance with section 302C on super-affirmative

procedure.’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

26

Clause  11,  page  15,  leave out lines 21 and 22.

Mr Don Foster

16

Clause  11,  page  15,  line  25,  after ‘section’, insert—

‘(a)	before the super-affirmative procedure under section 124HA has

completed, and

(b)

’.

Mr Don Foster

17

Clause  11,  page  15,  line  27,  at end add—

‘124HA

Super-affirmative procedure

(1)	The Secretary of State must have regard to—

(a)	any representations,

(b)	any resolutions of either House of Parliament, and

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(c)	any recommendations of a committee of either House of Parliament

charged with reporting on the draft order,

made during the 60-day period with regard to the draft order.

(2)	If, after the expiry of the 60-day period, the Secretary of State wishes to make an

order in the terms of the draft, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament

a statement—

(a)	stating whether any representations were made under subsection (1)(a);

and

(b)	if any representations were so made, giving details of them.

(3)	The Secretary of State may after the laying of such a statement make an order in

the terms of the draft if it is approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(4)	However, a committee of either House charged with reporting on the draft order

may, at any time after the laying of a statement under subsection (2) and before

the draft order is approved by that House under subsection (3), recommend under

this subsection that no further proceedings be taken in relation to the draft order.

(5)	Where a recommendation is made by a committee of either House under

subsection (4) in relation to a draft order, no proceedings may be taken in relation

to the draft order in that House under subsection (3) unless the recommendation

is, in the same Session, rejected by resolution of that House.

(6)	If, after the expiry of the 60-day period, the Secretary of State wishes to make an

order consisting of a version of the draft order with material changes, the

Secretary of State must lay before Parliament—

(a)	a revised draft order; and

(b)	a statement giving details of any representations made under subsection

(1)(a) and of the revisions proposed.

(7)	The Secretary of State may after laying a revised draft order and statement under

subsection (6) make an order in the terms of the revised draft if it is approved by

a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(8)	However, a committee of either House charged with reporting on the revised draft

order may, at any time after the revised draft order is laid under subsection (6) and

before it is approved by that House under subsection (7), recommend under this

subsection that no further proceedings be taken in relation to the revised draft

order.

(9)	Where a recommendation is made by a committee of either House under

subsection (8) in relation to a revised draft order, no proceedings may be taken in

relation to the revised draft order in that House under subsection (7) unless the

recommendation is, in the same Session, rejected by resolution of that House.

(10)	For the purposes of subsections (3) and (7) an order is made in the terms of a draft

order if it contains no material changes to the provisions of the draft order.

(11)	In this section the “60-day period” means of the period of 60 days beginning with

the day on which the draft order was laid before Parliament under section 124H.

(12)	In calculating the 60-day period no account is to be taken of any time during

which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which either House is

adjourned for more than four days.’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

43

Clause  13,  page  16,  line  35,  leave out ‘and’ and insert—

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‘( )	that those provisions are proportionate to their effect and take into

account the impact upon, and relevant arrangements made by, an

educational establishment, prescribed library or accredited museum in

order to achieve what the provisions are intended to achieve; and’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

22

Clause  14,  page  18,  line  13,  at end insert—

‘(c)	that the standard of evidence underlining the notification complies with

the standard set out in the initial obligations code, as determined by the

criteria set out in 124E(1) and (2).’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

23

Clause  14,  page  18,  leave out from line 39 to end of line 23 on page 19 and add—

‘(9)	Technical measures shall only be applied against a subscriber following a finding

by the court that they have infringed copyright by means of an Internet Access

Service and such court shall have power to—

(a)	withdraw, or

(b)	confirm the implementation of a proposed technical measure.’.

Secretary Ben Bradshaw

3

Clause  15,  page  19,  line  42,  after ‘provider’ insert ‘or owner’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

42

Clause  16,  page  20,  line  24,  after ‘incur’, insert ‘and shall

( )	in relation to any provision for payment by subscribers, and the funding

of their own costs, first be subject to an economic and social impact

assessment confirming that relevant subscribers are not in practice, by

reason of such provision(s) and/or the incidence of costs, prohibited from

effectively exercising their rights under 124K Subscriber appeals.’.

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Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

40

Clause  17,  page  21,  line  2,  after ‘copyright’, insert ‘through peer-to-peer

filesharing networks’.

Mr Tom Watson

Mr John Grogan

Mr David Drew

41

Clause  17,  page  21,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘“peer-to-peer filesharing network” means a network that allows files to be

shared directly from personal computer to personal computer with no

intermediate server - thus, peer to peer’.

Secretary Ben Bradshaw

Mr Don Foster

4

Page  22,  line  17,  leave out Clause 18.

Secretary Ben Bradshaw

5

Page  36,  line  27,  leave out Clause 29.

Mr John Grogan

Paul Holmes

20

Clause  31,  page  39,  line  12,  after ‘to’, insert—

‘(a)

’.

Mr John Grogan

Paul Holmes

21

Clause  31,  page  39,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(b)	the needs of local and community radio stations; and

(c)	the needs of analogue radio listeners’.

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Revised 7 April 2010