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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:35 am on 25 March 2010.

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Photo of Tom Watson Tom Watson Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 11:35, 25 March 2010

It now seems likely that the two Opposition Front-Bench teams will have as much influence on the outcome of the Digital Economy Bill as my right hon. and learned Friend the Leader of the House. If they allow their shadow Ministers to collude with the music industry to bounce through complex copyright proposals in the wash-up, they will be enabling a democratic impropriety to take place. Will she work with business managers to bang some heads together in Departments?