Does the Secretary of State accept that copyright is the legal expression of intellectual property rights, and is not a regulation? Is he aware of the widespread concern among the creative industries about clause 56, which will allow copyright to be amended by statutory instrument without full parliamentary debate? Will he assure the House that the Government will not change copyright in that way without proper parliamentary scrutiny?
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Whittingdale
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 June 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.
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