The Digital Economy Act could be reviewed by the House of Lords next year, if peers are given the right to scrutinise legislation after it has been passed into law.
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Shortly after Strathclyde's announcement, Labour's Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, the Liberal Democrats' Baroness Hamwee, the Conservatives' Lord Lucas welcomed the proposal and argued that the Digital Economy Act should be the first candidate for review.
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Lucas said the only reason the Tories had not "sunk" the Digital Economy Bill was that Jeremy Hunt — at the time the shadow culture secretary — thought by backing the copyright crackdown bill "he wouldn't have to discuss [the copyright infringement issue] again for the next five years".
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The act is already likely to be the subject of a judicial review, requested last week by TalkTalk and BT. These ISPs have said they are uncertain of the act's compliance with European laws on privacy and "the role of ISPs in policing the internet". The act is also a popular choice among those using Nick Clegg's Your Freedom website to nominate laws for repeal based on their conflict with civil liberties.
