NIOs are intended to provide the basic infrastructure that is essentially to a functioning society in a way that is protected from the volatility of shareholder whims. They provide the basics for innovators to provide services on top of, and without simply placing the entire service burden onto the state through nationalisation.
We will enact the Public Service Users Bill, as proposed by We Own It, ensuring any public services that are operated by private companies are subject to rigorous public consultation and accountability.
[^1]: In the case of BT, the business would be broken up to separate the infrastructure (ducts, cabinets, poles, exchanges) from the commercial business and only the infrastructure side would become subject to the national infrastructure regulation [^2]: In a similar way to BT's telephone infrastructure, mobile operators would be required to transfer their ownership of masts into NIOs with the rest of their business remaining fully private
@philipjohn - about 9 years ago
"We Own It" are putting out a call to all parties to support this. Given that Something New have adopted this manifesto, it's a good opportunity to raise the profile of the manifesto so getting this in would be good.
@PaulJRobinson @frankieroberto @digitalWestie @timcowlishaw @mjnaber @stringfellow @mikera Any of you folks able to help out with a vote?
This one is out of time, but as the rule only came in recently and I think the direction of travel is right, I will leave it open for a little while to gather more votes. @PaulJRobinson, what do you think?
@philipjohn - about 9 years ago
This seems like such a no-brainer it'd be a shame if it failed. No pressure @PaulJRobinson ;)
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@philipjohn - over 9 years ago
Background: http://weownit.org.uk/public-service-users-bill