Parliamentary Groups and Committees
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Parliamentary Groups and Committee's involved in issues of concern to the Open Rights Group.
[edit] All Party Internet Group
Derek Wyatt MP formed and is chairman of the All Party Internet Group.
[edit] DRM
The All Party Internet Group (APIG) held an inquiry into DRM
APIG DRM Inquiry Submission by the Open Rights Group
The Open Rights Groups thoughts on the APIG report on DRM
[edit] Computer Misuse Act
The All Party Internet Group (APIG) held an inquiry into a possible revision of the Computer Misuse Act Inquiry. You can jump straight to the final report. Its a pity the APIG where not allowed to draft the amendments that went into the Police and Justice Bill 2006.
[edit] All-Party Intellectual Property Group
All-Party Intellectual Property Group To debate and highlight the value of intellectual property rights to the economy and the importance of intellectual property protection and enforcement.
[edit] Joint Committee On Human Rights
[edit] Children's Digital Rights
The Integrated Children’s System (ICS) holds the records of every child who comes into contact with social services for any reason. This database will be able to communicate with many other databases containing children’s records.
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights report on ICS states that they have issues with the ICS. They believe that the information-sharing powers contained in the new Children Act 2004 may breach the Human Rights Act.
The official ICS website.
[edit] Education and Skills select committee
Education and Skills Committee parliamentary web page.
[edit] Children's Digital Rights
Heard evidence from Eileen Munro saying "At present, professionals only alert others without the family's consent when they have a concern about abuse or neglect. Extending the practice to include flags of concern about any aspect of a child's health or development will lead to a vast increase in the amount of data being shared. There is a real danger that concerns about significant harm will be overlooked in this mountain of data," January 2005
[edit] All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group
[edit] Copyright Extension
Michael Connarty MP (Linlithgow & Falkirk East, Labour) is currently chair of the all party-jazz appreciation group. In a short Westminster Hall debate on the gowers review he stated that was seeking extension of copyright to 95 years as he knew jazz musicians who needed it to sustain their level of income.
[edit] Parliamentary Information Technology Committee
PITCOM Parliamentary Information Technology Committee
MPs and Peers founded PITCOM in 1981 to provide a bridge between Parliament and the IT industry.
Andrew Miller MP is Chairman the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee.
[edit] Select Committee on Science and Technology
Select Committee on Science and Technology
[edit] Select Committee on Justice
Select Committee on Justice. The justice select committee
[edit] EURIM
Personal Internet Safety, Privacy, ID cards.
[edit] European Union Select Committee
Criticised the Television Without Frontiers directive.
