/ politics digitaleconomybill
Wednesday, April 14
“ The Tory front bench, led by Adam Afriyie (Shadow Minister for Innovation, Universities and Skills), displayed absolutely breath-taking hypocrisy. At various times during the debate, Afriyie referred to the bill as a “cobbled-together mismatch” delivered at the “fag end of a Parliament” before issuing the following diatribe: “After three Parliaments of digital dithering, they [the Government] have left us at the last minute with some botched legislation. This is a washed-up Bill from a washed-up Government.” Afriyie was one of the 189 MPs who voted for the bill.