Mike Weatherley MP

25th April 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what definition of reasonable royalty his Department uses for the licensing of revived copyright under the repeal of Section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 as set out in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.

23rd April 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to ensure that the Energy Bill does not disadvantage independent energy generators.

23rd April 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the implications of his Department's impact assessment on the proposed repeal of Section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 for its argument that repeal will increase creativity.

23rd April 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what steps he plans to take to ensure that his Department's management of the repeal of Section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is conducted in a sympathetic and fair way; (2) what assessment he has made of whether a long commencement period will be necessary to allow replica manufacturers, distributors...

23rd April 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he has received from rights holders pressing for early implementation of Section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

23rd April 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Regulatory Policy Committee in the context of its lack of enforcement powers in respect of proposed legislation.

17th April 2013

Mike Weatherley: The aim of a decarbonisation target is laudable, but does my hon. Friend agree that we should not rush forward with increased proposals for the nuclear option, which might be seen to be an easy option in the long term?

15th April 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will publish any legal advice he has received on the possibility of introducing a follow-on designs exception into UK law.

22nd March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on how many occasions the Reducing Regulation Cabinet sub-committee has exercised the powers within its remit to ensure that advice from the Regulatory Policy Committee is followed across Government.

22nd March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with which members ECHO has held discussions concerning the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 in the last year.

22nd March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he has taken to ensure that the advice from the Regulatory Policy Committee (a) in its review of the impact assessment of the proposed repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 and (b) in other circumstances is accepted across Government.

20th March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what response he made to the Regulatory Policy Committee in respect of its representations on the impact assessment of the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and similar issues; (2) what assessment he has made of the Regulatory Policy Committee's criticism of his Department for not...

19th March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether full repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 is required by Directive 2011/77/EU, with reference to Article 2 paragraph 7 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

19th March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will review the one- in-one-out status of the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 with reference to Article 2 paragraph 7 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

19th March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 on the re-opening of the Design Museum in 2015.

19th March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the additional public funding that will be required by museums in order to meet new licensing obligations arising from the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

19th March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what criteria he will consider in deciding the terms of the transitional period for businesses and institutions following the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

7th March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his policy is on the publication in full of summaries of responses to Government consultations; whether he intends the publication of these responses, in full, to be made compulsory on all Departments; and if he will make a statement.

4th March 2013

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the legal costs that will be incurred by businesses and other organisations as a result of courts interpreting proposed changes to copyright law.