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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

I am very grateful to the noble Lord for allowing me to intervene. That is a very good question. To some degree the measure has to be practicable. However, we are looking at the need to be proportionate. It is very difficult to be proportionate, particularly in relation to Clause 17, which concerns power to amend copyright provisions. Unless we have a clear idea of the degree to which illegal downloading is outstripping legal file-sharing, we are in a difficult place in terms of appreciating the degree to which there is therefore sensible pressure, or whether it is practical or reasonable to expect there to be amendment to the copyright provisions.