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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

That depends on where we are. Let us say that a first letter has been sent and an allegation made that the individual concerned—certainly not the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, but some member of his family or mine—has infringed copyright. At that point, we are not proposing to take any action; we are inviting the subscriber concerned to consider whether they need to take action in case someone has piggybacked on their network, and are drawing to their attention actions that they can take. It seems to me that the examples that are being quoted are extreme. If we are talking about someone who is appealing against that first letter, for example, and is saying that it was not them, action would depend on what evidence they can produce in the circumstances. At this point, no one will be disconnected or have their bandwidth reduced, so I hope that we would take that into account before assuming that we need to go to the lengths that the noble Lord suggests.