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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

My Lords, the Minister talked about the guidance document. Even if the Government do not accept the amendment, there is a good case for tightening the wording of the accompanying guidance on the way that the letters are sent out. The Minister made the point that it may be only on the second or third letter that it would be appropriate to inform a subscriber about the rights of appeal; but this document does not make that clear. It could be tightened. The key sentence currently runs: ""A further area that the code may address would be advice or information about a subscriber"—" I assume that a word is missing and that it should be "how a subscriber"— ""could respond or appeal to a notification letter"." That is not as tight as it could be.