Wash up period sees the passage of Digital Economy Bill

Digital Economy Bill was amongst the multitude of bills that became statutory Acts during the wash up period of British Democracy. Wash up period refers to the last few working days of the members of the House of Commons before the due elections. So naturally with the time crunch being faced, the bills had to be sped up and that meant there was no time for properly discussing and debating every pro and con of the bill. If at all some controversial points or features were raised, they were simply left out from the proposed bill and this way the legislature managed to pass a throng of “stitched up” bills.

The public was in a row over the way the Digital Economy Bill was passed because the entire country and the relevant industries were looking forward to it. After the bill was passed, the social networking sites like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook were flooded with queries, grievances and outrages from the public and the three key leaders in the country, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg answered the queries.

The three of them mutually agreed that the bill was indeed passed in a haste but Gordon Brown added that the debate over the Bill will continue for a longer period of time.
If what experts say is of any importance, then the repercussions of this stitched up bill would be rather serious. It may lead to innocent citizens being caught up in serious legal row for no fault of their.