This e-mail was sent to Sir John But­ter­fill MP (Con­ser­v­a­tive, Bournemouth West) on 17^th March 2010. Read his reply here.

Dear Sir John Butterfill,

Since a num­ber of web­sites have pushed the issue of late, I’m sure I’m not the only con­stituent writ­ing to you about this, but nev­er­the­less I am writ­ing to you to reg­is­ter my con­cerns regard­ing the Dig­i­tal Econ­omy Bill.

The con­tents of the bill worry me on many lev­els, from the pos­si­bil­ity of dis­con­nect­ing inno­cent users from the Inter­net with­out proper inves­ti­ga­tion, to the tech­ni­cal chal­lenges that will be faced by the ISPs, the cost of which will nat­u­rally be passed on to their customers.

But regard­less of these issues, I am more alarmed at the pos­si­bil­ity that the Gov­ern­ment and Lord Man­del­son may be attempt­ing to force this bill through before Par­lia­ment is dis­solved prior to the elec­tion, with­out proper scrutiny and debate by the House.

I would like to know your and your Party’s views on the con­tent of the Dig­i­tal Econ­omy Bill, but more­over I would ask you to do all you can to ensure that this impor­tant and far-reaching bill gets the scrutiny it deserves rather than being forced through by a des­per­ate Government.

Yours Sin­cerely,

Ian Ren­ton