§ Chris BryantTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to tackle music piracy. [156259]
§ Mr. SutcliffeCommercial scale piracy is clearly having a serious impact on the music and film industry, which makes an important contribution to the British economy.
The White Paper, "Competing in the Global Economy: The Innovation Challenge Innovation Report", published by the Department in December 2003 (copies have been placed in the Libraries of the House), gave the Patent Office a mandate to agree a new national strategy for intellectual property crime. Development of that strategy is now in hand.