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The digital economy inquiry

Inquiry by the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, 17 September 2015 to 17 September 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 10 November 2015: Mike Cherry, Policy Director, Federation of Small Businesses, John Connolly, MD of the Centre for Digital Innovation, Humber LEP, Rob Lamb, Cloud Business Director and Chief Technology Officer, EMC CorporationDr Maren Deepwell, Chief Executive, Association for Learning Technology, Dean Cassar, Director of Operations, Tech Partnership, Seetha Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Creative Skillset
  • 24 November 2015: Andrew Byrne, Head of Public Policy in the UK and Ireland, Uber, Alex Depledge, Chief Executive Officer, Hassle, Ben Williams, Head of Operations, AdBlockPlusRichard Massett, Chairman, Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, Charlotte Holloway, Head of Policy and Associate Director, techUK, Steve Chester, Director of Data and Industry Programmes, Internet Advertising Bureau
  • 15 December 2015: Jane Dyball, Chief Executive, Music Publishers Association, representing UK Music, Susie Winter, Director of Policy and Communications, Publishers Association, Catherine Courtney, Legal Adviser, News Media AssociationRichard Mollet, Chair, Alliance for Intellectual Property, Dominic Young, Chief Executive Officer, The Copyright Hub FoundationBaroness Neville-Rolfe DBE, CMG, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property, John Alty, Chief Executive Officer, Intellectual Property Office
  • 12 January 2016: Patrick Robinson, Head of Public Policy in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Airbnb, and Ufi Ibrahim, Chief Executive, British Hospitality Association; Russell Gould, Chief Operating Officer, Everline, Gareth Mann, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Contact, Olly Betts, Chief Executive Officer, Business.Finance.Compared.Com, and Matt Hammerstein, Managing Director, Customer and Consumer Engagement, Barclays Bank (at 10.15am).
  • 23 February 2016: Matt O'Neill, Major Projects Manager, Cheshire East Borough Council, Chris Taylor, Connecting Shropshire Programme Manager, Shropshire Council, and Herb Kim, Interim Head, Tech North; Brhmie Balaram, author of Fair Share: reclaiming power in the sharing economy, Debbie Wosskow, author of Unlocking the sharing economy: an independent review, and Diane Coyle, author of The Sharing Economy (at 10.30am).
  • 8 March 2016: Jo Twist, Chief Executive Officer, Ukie, Philip Oliver, Chief Executive Officer, Radiant World, Chris van der Kuyl, Chairman, 4J StudiosHelen Dickinson, Chief Executive, British Retail Consortium, Paul Misener, Vice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon
  • 22 March 2016: Mr Edward Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.