Digital Economy Bill [ Lords]

Part of Business of the House – in the House of Commons at 6:50 pm on 6 April 2010.

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Photo of Siôn Simon Siôn Simon Labour, Birmingham, Erdington 6:50, 6 April 2010

Obviously, I do not claim to know what the technical measures are, but when I am told that they exist, I take it in good faith that they do exist, and unless my hon. Friend can prove to me that they do not exist-

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Andy Mabbett
Posted on 29 May 2010 9:43 am (Report this annotation)

Sion Simon assured me that it's "still possible to have open networks whose settings protect the host from unlawful activity on the network" (Twitter status 5951557332) while acknowledging that some torrent activities are legal (Twitter status 5951733756).

My repeated requests that he justify this remarkable claim remained unanswered until today (he is no longer an MP), when he referred to this debate (Twitter status 14958695761).