Open standards are critical to ensuring equality of access in the digital age. Proprietary standards should have no place in the public sector.

To use Open Source operating systems and softwhere as a first choice whenever possible and not to rollover to a propriatary supplier.

To consider the carbon footprint of equipment use and either extend its life within government or pass it for reuse by community and voluntary sector organisations

To prevent actions by ACS:Law and similar with poor evidence, there is a need to prevent action taken at volume. If a legal case is sufficiently sound costs can be recovered, there is no need for economies of scale practices.

Article 15 of the E-Commerce Directive explicitly prohibits Member States from imposing a general obligation on providers of services ... to monitor the information which they transmit or store or a general obligation actively to seek facts or circumstances indicting illegal activity.

Government policy on access to copyrighted works (including the number of years copyright applies) appears to be determined by copyright holders; with no consideration of the impact on the wider community

Lets stand up for the developers and engineers not just the creative industries

Access to books, knowledge and encyclopaedias are no longer dependent on wealth or location. The web is the key to access to this info for all.

Existing public service delivery models are largely top-down and wasteful. There is huge scope for involving people in the design and delivery of their own services, and this could be an important source of both savings and improvements.

Regardless of other reasons to block websites such as child pornography or national security, alleged copyright infringement should not be grounds to censor the internet.

For too long, public policy and service design has been monopolised by civil servants, the political class and the commerical organisations that have the resources to lobby and win tenders. It is time that all policy deliberations and the design of public services should be thrown open to the public in a creative way that harnesses the potential of read-write media and other suitable tools.

Commercial organisations spend £millions on campaigns and lobbying. Newspaper proprietors promote their commercial interests at the expense of the public interest. I will campaign to ensure that they are under the same level of scrutiny that applies to elected representatives,

Access to good broadband should be a right of priority for all those living in the UK, to enable connected communities, efficient, globally competitive businesses & effective entrepreneurial opportunities for all ages.

Basic rights and principles which ensure that application of the law is proportionate and takes into account its impact on lawful freedom of expression, creativity and communication.

Having watched the fiasco that was the digitial economy bill go through the Lords and the Commons it is clear that the folk in Westminster haven't got a clue about digital britain. I would make it compulsory for them to learn. And quickly, before we are left out in the cold, a thirdworld country, cut off from the digital economy by dinosaurs.

Not only would this stimulate the economy it would be more cost effective for tax payers.

Assists with enabling access to original works, and provides a foundation for adaptation.