Below are downloadable copies of the PA’s responses to recent Government consultations, Select Committee inquiries and other papers.

PA response to BIS Select Committee Open Access (February, 2013)

The PA Submission to House of Lords Science Technology Committee (January, 2013)

The Publishers Association Submission to the Independent Review of Elending (November, 2012)

PA response to CMS Select Committee - Support for the Creative Economy  (October, 2012)

PA response to BIS Consultation - Consumer Bill of Rights (October, 2012)

PA response to IPO Consultation - The role of the Intellectual Property Office (September, 2012)

PA response to Ofcom Consultation - Sharing of Costs Order (Ofcom, September 2012)

PA response to PLR Consultation  (Department for Culture, Media and Sport, July 2012)

PA response to Ofcom Consultation - Initial Obligations Code  (Ofcom, July 2012)

Consultation on Legal Deposit of non print works (May, 2012)

World Bank textbook submission  (May, 2012)

MoJ Call for Evidence - A Common European Sales Law   (May, 2012)

 A C21st Industrial Strategy (April, 2012)

 All Party Intellectual Property Group Inquiry: The Role of Government in Promoting and Protecting Intellectual Property (All Party IP Group, March 2012)

Consultation on Proposals to Change the UK's Copyright System (Intellectual Property Office, March 2012)

Inquiry into UK Broadband Strategy (House of Lords Select Committee on Communications, March 2012)

Request for Facts and Figures on Notice-and-Action Procedures from Stakeholders (European Commission, March 2012)

Consultation on Introducing a Small Claims Track into the Patents County Court (Intellectual Property Office, February 2012)

The Digital Copyright Exchange Feasibility Study (Call for Evidence, Richard Hooper, February 2012)

Inquiry into Improving the Commercialisation of Research (Science & Technology Select Committee, February 2012)

Consultation on "Vision for Growth for the Creative Industries" plus appendix: Skillset Labour Market Intelligence Profile for Publishing (The Labour Party, January 2012)

Inquiry into Library Closures (Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee, January 2012)

Inquiry into the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property (Business, Innovation & Skills Select Committee, September 2011)

Consultation on the Draft Defamation Bill (Ministry of Justice, June 2011)

Inquiry into Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill, June 2011)

Review of Creative Industries Policy (Labour Party, June 2011)

Review of Cultural Education (Department for Culture, Media and Sport, May 2011)

Review into Sections 17 and 18 of the Digital Economy Act (Ofcom, April 2011)

Implementing the EU Toy Safety Directive (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, April 2011)

Review of Enforcement Directive (EU Commission, March 2011)

Independent Review of IP and Growth (Independent Review team, March 2011)

Delivering Innovation: Driving Growth - The PA's ebook showcasing digital innovation in publishing (Independent Review team, March 2011)

Inquiry into Peer Review (Science and Technology Select Committee, March 2011)

Review of Brussels I regulation (EU Commission, February 2011)

Review of Civil Litigation Costs (Ministry of Justice, February 2011)

Consultation on the Trade White Paper (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, December 2010)

Government Growth Strategy Review: questions to the digital and creative industires (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, December 2010)

Consultation on the legal deposit of non-print works (Department of Business, Innovation and Skills/ Department for Culture, Media and Sport, December 2010)

Review of the E-Commerce Directive (EU Commission DG Markt, November 2010)

Consultation on implementing the Bribery Act (Ministry of Justice, November 2010)

Consultation on behalf of the Reflection Group ("Comité des Sages") on boosting cultural heritage online in Europe (Comite des Sages, September 2010)

Consultation on Net Neutrality (EU Commission, September 2010)

Online infringement of copyright and the Digital Economy Act: Draft Initial Obligations Code (Ofcom, July 2010)

Unlocking the potential of the cultural and creative industries (EU Culture Commission, July 2010)

Public consultation on a future trade policy (European Commission, DG Trade, July 2010)

Online infringement of copyright (initial obligations) cost-sharing (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, May 2010)

Collection and preservation of UK offline and microform publications and UK online publications (Department for Culture, Media and Sport, March 2010)

Controlling costs in defamation proceedings (Ministry of Justice, February 2010)

Taking Forward the Gowers Review of IP – second stage consultation on Copyright Exceptions (Intellectual Property Office, March 2010)

 

Public access to scholarly publications (US Office of Science and Technology, January 2010)

Defamation and the internet: the multiple publication rule (Ministry of Justice, December 2009)

Extension of Public Lending Right to rightsholders of books in non-print formats  (Department for Culture, Media and Sport, October 2009)

Legislative options to address illicit peer-to-peer filesharing (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills consultation, September 2009)

Brussels 1 Regulation (Intellectual Property Office consultation, September 2009)

Google Book Search Settlement (European Commission hearing, September 2009)

Copyright Tribunal: modernisation and simplification of the rules of procedure (Intellectual Property Office consultation, July 2009)

Strategic Priorities for Copyright (Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property’s work programme, May 2009)

Conservative Review of the Creative Industries (May 2009)

Controlling costs in defamation proceedings (Ministry of Justice consultation, May 2009)

What role for a digital rights agency? (Intellectual Property Office consultation, March 2009)

Copyright the Future: developing a copyright agenda for the 21st century (Intellectual Property Office consultation, February 2009)

Press standards, privacy and libel (Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee inquiry, February 2009)

Copyright in the Knowledge Economy (European Commission Green Paper, November 2008)

Legislative options to address illicit P2P file-sharing (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform consultation, October 2008)

Penalties for copyright infringement (Intellectual Property Office consultation, October 2008)

The commercial operations of the BBC (Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee inquiry, October 2008)

Creative Economy Programme (Department for Culture, Media and Sport consultation, February 2007)

Making sure that crime doesn't pay (Home Office consultation, November 2006)

Gowers Review of Intellectual Property (Call for evidence, April 2006)