I welcome my right hon. Friend's wide ranging statement and the leadership that has been provided on these issues by Lord Carter. May I encourage them to extend convergence beyond the two Departments right across Government? Does my right hon. Friend agree that given the nature of the internet, it is essential that we make the UK the safest place to do business online, and that that is equally important for companies and for individuals? Does he further agree that the speed and reach of the internet is such that legislation and bureaucracy are unlikely to keep pace, and that we therefore need a fast and flexible partnership approach involving industry, the Government and the House in cutting internet-related crime and other activity that undermines people's confidence in using the internet in the way that it has such great potential to be used?
Digital Britain
Proceeding contribution from
Alun Michael
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29 January 2009.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Digital Britain.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
487 c472-3 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2024-04-16 21:21:59 +0100
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_524622
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_524622
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_524622