Public Affairs
A voice for the profession within its areas of expertise. Providing professional advice to Parliament, Government, the European Union and other agencies.
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In the spotlight
- Engineering, infrastructure and climate change adaptation conference
Today we rely more than ever on infrastructure; it supports our daily activities and its continuity and performance is crucial to the success of the UK. The recent creation of Infrastructure UK and the Infrastructure Planning Commission underlines the increasing importance that Government attaches to our national infrastructure. Our infrastructure system is now highly interconnected and each sector – energy, transport, water – is dependent on the secure operation of others. This increases the risk of cascade failure where an issue in one area rapidly becomes a much wider problem.
PDF (992 k) Updated December 2009
Current submissions
The IET represents the views of its members on a wide range of professional and technological issues. Around 30 submissions are made each year to Government, Parliamentary committees and other agencies.
Deployment of in-vehicle emergency call – eCall – in Europe
Under consultation until 01 October 2010Transport Sector Report
Under consultation until 17 September 2010Transport and the economy
Under consultation until 15 September 2010
In the spotlight
- Digital Britain - illegal file sharing: “technical measures” will prove futile and infringe data privacy
Since the launch of the Digital Britain report in 2009, there has been discussion on preventing illegal file sharing and downloading. The government has attempted to legislate against some of these activities as part of the Digital Economy Bill, which proposed granting Ofcom powers to force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to target/block alleged illegal file sharing via "technical measures". The IET responded advising against the measures and warning of the futility of such an approach.
PDF (2265 k) Updated May 2010
