David Lammy demonstrates how not to carry out a public consultation

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David Lammy demonstrates how not to carry out a public consultation

By Mark Pack | Fri 20th March 2009 - 7:50 am

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The Open Rights Group blog has the story, pointing out how the deadline for comments on the Digital Britain Report was followed so swiftly by a press release that it’s hard to believe that the views submitted by people to the consultation were really considered:

Last Thursday the Open Rights Group along with many others made a submission in response to the Digital Britain Report. In that submission, we said:

This action has the potential for much harm. We call on the ﬁnal Digital Britain report to
reject the idea of a ʻrights agencyʼ.

Less than 12 hours later, we found David Lammy and Stephen Carter launching a discussion paper into the shape of the ‘Digital Rights Agency’.

It is hard to believe that either minister had processed the responses on exactly this question in the space of twelve hours.

You can read the full story here.

Read more by Mark Pack or more about david lammy, digital britain, open rights group or stephen carter.
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