WIKIEmily Thornberry MP
Emily Thornberry MP (Labour) Islington South & Finsbury since 2005. Shadow Attorney General. Member of the Environmental Audit Committee, Member of the Draft Legal Services Bill. Pro public domain. Barrister specialising in human rights from 1985 to 2005.
Issues
Open Source Software
Signed Early Day Motion 179 Software in Schools 21 November 2006
- That this House congratulates the Open University and other schools, colleges and universities for utilising free and open source software to deliver cost-effective educational benefit not just for their own institutions but also the wider community; and expresses concern that Becta and the Department for Education and Skills, through the use of outdated purchasing frameworks, are effectively denying schools the option of benefiting from both free and open source software and the value and experience small and medium ICT companies could bring to the schools market.
WIPO Broadcast Treaty
WIPO Broadcast Treaty Letter Letter to Lord Sainsbury written by Emily Thornberry 24 July 2006
- Podcasting is rapidly becoming more established, we must ensure that legislation does not negatively impact on this new industry. I understand that the World Intellectual Property Organisation is examining copyright matters relating to podcasting in their discussions over the Broadcast Treaty. My constituent is concerned that this treaty will give broadcasters, not creators, the rights over podcasts for 50 years after their broadcast....
Open Source Software
Signed Early Day Motion 179 Software in Schools 21 November 2006
- That this House congratulates the Open University and other schools, colleges and universities for utilising free and open source software to deliver cost-effective educational benefit not just for their own institutions but also the wider community; and expresses concern that Becta and the Department for Education and Skills, through the use of outdated purchasing frameworks, are effectively denying schools the option of benefiting from both free and open source software and the value and experience small and medium ICT companies could bring to the schools market.
TheyWorkForYou
Radio 4 Today in Parliament thinks TheyWorkForYou is misleading about MPs by not measuring quality of response just displaying statistics 24 November 2006
Links
- Emily Thornberry website
- Emily Thornberry MP on TheyWorkForYou
- Voting Record — Emily Thornberry MP
- Emily Thornberry MP on Wikipedia
- Emily Thornberry MP biography by the Guardian
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