Digital Economy Bill

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Contents 1 Information about the BIll 2 Write to your local paper asking what your MP thinks 3 Help us campaign on the Digital Economy Bill by adopting your MP and a Lord 3.1 Who is my MP? 3.2 My MP has already been contacted. Do I need to contact them as well? 3.3 My MP has narrow minded views / My MP agrees with ORG so I don't think it's worth talking to them 3.4 I've got a standard response from my MP - what do I do next? 4 How to get in touch with your MP / set up a meeting 5 Training days: How to talk to your MP and change the Digital Economy Bill 5.1 Notes from training sessions

[edit] Information about the BIll

• FAQ: Background reading, myths and facts
• DEB: Conservatives' Form Letter

[edit] Write to your local paper asking what your MP thinks

• DEB local letters

[edit] Help us campaign on the Digital Economy Bill by adopting your MP and a Lord

We need people to contact their MPs and let them know how destructive the Digital Economy Bill could be. You can do this through WriteToThem.com; we've provided information to help you below.

[edit] Who is my MP?

Find out at TheyWorkForYou.com or, if you know your constituency, by looking at our List of MPs. Each MP has their own page on our wiki, which we're using to record information about what they've said on issues ORG care about. You can update these pages to let us know what they think about the DEB if you wish.

[edit] My MP has already been contacted. Do I need to contact them as well?

Please adopt them as well. The more people that talk to MPs the better.

[edit] My MP has narrow minded views / My MP agrees with ORG so I don't think it's worth talking to them

Not true! We need every MP to realise that there is huge opposition - this is how the atmosphere will change.

[edit] I've got a standard response from my MP - what do I do next?

Most MPs are very busy and will reply with form letters. We've some advice about this here:

• DEB: Conservatives' Form Letter
• DEB: Lib Dems' Form Letter

[edit] How to get in touch with your MP / set up a meeting

1. View the List of MPs and find out who your MP is.
2. Read our Digital Economy Bill Info and FAQ and briefings.
3. Write to your MP explaining your position via WriteToThem.com
4. Add [[Category: DEB Contacted MPs]] to your MP's page on this wiki so that we know who has been contacted.
5. When you get a response to your letter, ensure that your MP has answered your questions and addressed all your points.

If they haven't addressed all your points, write back and ask them to do so.

If you haven't had a reply after about two-three weeks, feel free to write to your MP again requesting that they respond.

If you have time to meet your MP, write to ask for an appointment. Before you go, read Digital Economy Bill MP meeting and our MP's surgery pages to get tips on what to say at a meeting.

Important: make sure you keep your MP's page updated with what they've said/done with relation to the Digital Economy Bill so that we're up to date.

[edit] Training days: How to talk to your MP and change the Digital Economy Bill

• Manchester, Saturday 23 January
• Edinburgh, Sunday 24 January
• Sheffield, Wednesday 27 January
• London, Saturday 30 January

[edit] Notes from training sessions

Available here: How To Talk To Your MP Notes