Web bill clears Lords hurdle
Peers passed Business Secretary Lord Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill, after promises over further concessions over a "catch-all" clause. The clause
proved controversial with Google, Yahoo, Facebook, other internet service providers, consumer rights campaigners and academics last week voicing their objections.
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Liberal Democrat media spokesman Lord Clement-Jones, who had led the moves for the replacement clause,offered "clarifications and improvements" to meet the critics' concerns, but did not put them to the vote.