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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:33 am on 19 November 2009.

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Photo of Tom Watson Tom Watson Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 10:33, 19 November 2009

The announcement that Ordnance Survey's mapping data will be available free to the many thousands of digital industries and community groups in Britain is very welcome. However, there is much more public sector information sitting around in departmental hard drives, such as Land Registry data and transport times. May we have a debate on how public sector information can increase the UK economy's productivity and support community groups?