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@ David Miliband Labour MP
MP for South Shields

Citizens should have statutory rights to enforce their human rights in the UK courts. We will by statute incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law to bring these rights home and ... Show more »Citizens should have statutory rights to enforce their human rights in the UK courts. We will by statute incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law to bring these rights home and allow our people access to them in their national courts. The incorporation of the European Convention will establish a floor, not a ceiling, for human rights. 1997 Labour Party’s General Election Manifesto Should legal obstacles arise we will legislate further, including, if necessary, amending the Human Rights Act in respect of the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Prime Minister Tony Blair, 5 August 2005 Do these statements constitute a 'broken promise' regarding human rights? Show less »

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@ Matt Phillips
Head of Communications, Future Media & Technology at BBC

Would you like to see more creators of peer-to-peer and music sharing program authors going to court? Do you think individual users uploading and sharing copy-protected works online should face more p... Show more »Would you like to see more creators of peer-to-peer and music sharing program authors going to court? Do you think individual users uploading and sharing copy-protected works online should face more punishment? Show less »

Submitted by: MTyrrell | 35 votes for this..

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Answered by Matt Phillips

It’s not a question of taking people who invent technology to court, this isn’t a war against technology. Technological change will always happen. Where the BPI focuses it attentions is on people who ... Show more »It’s not a question of taking people who invent technology to court, this isn’t a war against technology. Technological change will always happen. Where the BPI focuses it attentions is on people who are wilfully damaging our industry, who are generating significant amounts of money through the theft of music. We’re not against technology; we’re against the people who abuse it. With regard to individual users I think that you’ve got to be measured. Do people buy television licenses because they feel that it is the right thing to do or because they fear prosecution? I wouldn’t propose that we took everyone to court who ever downloaded a song; but I think that you have to implement deterrents to make people do the right thing. So the approach that we have taken thus far has been to take the major up-loaders who have been distributing the most files to court. Copyright law is pretty black and white, so we’ve not lost a case. Show less »

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@ Steve Bennedik
Sky News Networked Media Editor

The McCann's children were left unsupervised in their hotel room. If the parents were from a different socio-economic background would the media be asking the questions that many are asking and not trying... Show more »The McCann's children were left unsupervised in their hotel room. If the parents were from a different socio-economic background would the media be asking the questions that many are asking and not trying to normalise this issue? Show less »

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Answered by Steve Bennedik

This argument has some justification. In the early days of the investigation, part of the pull of this story, for us and the public, was the fact that these were doctors, a supposedly ideal family unit.... Show more »This argument has some justification. In the early days of the investigation, part of the pull of this story, for us and the public, was the fact that these were doctors, a supposedly ideal family unit. But I think by now all the questions have been asked, and the parents actions on the night Madeleine went missing have been properly scrutinised. Show less »

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@ Aleks Krotoski
Journalist, Academic and Consultant

Do you think the image of games suffers because they are called 'games'? Does this mean serious but violent games suffer criticsm compared to serious but violent books and films?

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Answered by Aleks Krotoski

The word "game" is problematic there are too many associations in the public's mind with what a game is - something that's done only for pleasure, something that's not serious something that doesn't teach... Show more »The word "game" is problematic there are too many associations in the public's mind with what a game is - something that's done only for pleasure, something that's not serious something that doesn't teach something that has no consequence. I don't beleive games falls into that category. They CAN fall into it, but they don't have to and before they're truly accepted by the mainstream not just the current population (and media slant) the name will have to change or the public perception will have to go. Whichever comes first! Show less »

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@ Philip Ingham
Communications Manager for the British Cycling

Is the current infrastructure for bicycles in London up to the task of supporting this kind of scheme?

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Answered by Philip Ingham

Provision for Cycling in London is improving all the time. It's always a challenge to provide safe cycling in the traffic heavy and restrictive environment of a big city, but London seems to be increasingly... Show more »Provision for Cycling in London is improving all the time. It's always a challenge to provide safe cycling in the traffic heavy and restrictive environment of a big city, but London seems to be increasingly aware of the importance of the bicycle as a form of transport. With events like the 2007 Tour de France and the 2012 Olympics coming to the city, and the wider movement towards more sustainable and integrated transport systems, London looks to be putting the cyclist's needs a lot further up the priority list. So, if it's not ready yet, it probably soon will be. Plus, can you see London wanting to be out-done by Paris? Show less »

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@ Sir Alan Haselhurst MP
Conservative MP for Saffron Walden

Stansted Airport is a gateway to international trading centres for east of England businesses and a major business in its own right providing many trading opportunities for local firms. Economic growth... Show more »Stansted Airport is a gateway to international trading centres for east of England businesses and a major business in its own right providing many trading opportunities for local firms. Economic growth is vital to maintaining the UK as a premier world financial centre and to the competitiveness of the east of England with 80 per cent of the top 500 companies having offices located in the airport’s catchment area. Is Stansted Airport and its expansion critical to the region’s economic development? Show less »

Submitted by: MTyrrell | 22 votes for this..

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Answered by Sir Alan Haselhurst MP

Well part of that question is answered by what I’ve just said. I don’t believe that business is the principle beneficiary of Stansted. Obviously Stansted is an economic driver because it has created... Show more »Well part of that question is answered by what I’ve just said. I don’t believe that business is the principle beneficiary of Stansted. Obviously Stansted is an economic driver because it has created 10,000 or more jobs. I don’t deny that and we are in the fortunate position that we don’t have unemployment in my constituency nor in the immediate area around. When Stansted has passed a certain level of activity, people are having to be brought in from further and further a field adding to burden of inadequate road and rail network and causing more people to say well now I’m working here can I buy somewhere to live nearer and these are creating pressures which are not being relieved by investment in the local infrastructure. This is a real problem. But yes the economic growth to which the airport has contributed, as some of the service industries, such as hotels and so on, all of that fine its created work for local people but the more it expands now its creating work for non-local people and I am not sure that this is on balance serving the interests of the country as a whole or the East of England in particular. Show less »

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MP for South Shields

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MP for South Shields

@ Matt Phillips
Head of Communications, Future Media & Technology at BBC

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Sky News Networked Media Editor

@ Aleks Krotoski
Journalist, Academic and Consultant

@ Philip Ingham
Communications Manager for the British Cycling

@ Sir Alan Haselhurst MP
Conservative MP for Saffron Walden