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BA Public Policy Documents & Statements
Below you will find a range of policy statements and information on a number of topics.
BA's Bookselling Manifesto
The Booksellers Association has launched a lobbying campaign to Government; BA’s Manifesto “Bookselling for Britain”. Read through the Manifesto below or click
here
to download.
Bookshops and Public Policy
Administration of Business Rates - BA Submission to HM Treasury
BA Letter to Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport
Books in Prisons - BA Letters to Secretary of State for Justice
Books in Prisons - National Offender Management Service Letter
Booksellers Association- Response To HMT Consultation
Bookshops in the Cultural Life of a Nation
Books-in-Prisons-Open-Letter-from-Secretary-of-State-for-Justice
Business Rates Review - BA Submission to HM Treasury
EIBF Book Charter 2014
European & International Booksellers Federation
Manifesto For The 2014 European Elections
Mary Portas High Street Review - BA Submission to The Department for Business Innovation Skills
Competition
A Common European Sales Law for The EU - BA Submission to The Ministry of Justice
American Booksellers Association + Civic Economics
Charity Bookshops
Competition & Bookselling - Avoiding The Pitfalls
Competition Law - BA Briefing Note
Consultation by ICANN on Closed Generic Top Level Domains - BA Submission
Consumer Rights Directive: Improving Consumer Information For Online Digital Products - BA Submission to DG Justice
E-Book Terms & Conditions
On the Interoperability of eBook Formats
Position Statement from The BA in Response to The EC Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe
State Aid - Luxembourg & Amazon - BA Submission to DG Competitiion
Systematic Synthetic Phonics - BA Letter to Nick Gibbs,Schools Minister
The Acquisition by Woolworths of Bertram Books - BA Submission to The Office of Fair Trading
The Proposed Acquisition of The Book Depository by Amazon - BA Submission to The Office of Fair Trading
VAT and E-Books - BA Letter to The Chancellor
Copyright
BA Statement of Principles on Copyright
Copyright works: seeking the lost - BA Submission to The Intellectual Property Office
Creative Content in a European Digital Single Market - BA Submission to DG INFSO and DG MARKT
Hargreaves Review of Copyright - BA Statement
Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules - BA submission to DG Markt
The Proposed Google Book Settlement - BA Submission to The European Commission
The Proposed Google Book Settlement - BA Submission to The US District Court
The Proposed Google Book Settlement Revision - BA Statement
The Public Performance Licence for Background Music in Shops and Stores - BA Submission to The Copyright Tribunal
Defamation
Defamation Act 2013
Defamation Act 2013
Draft Defamation Bill - BA Submissions to The Joint Committee
Environment
Environmental Action
Single-Use Plastic Bag Charge for England - BA Submission to Defra Call for Evidence
The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme - BAPA EAG Submission to The British Property Federation
The Proposed Single Use Carrier Bag Charge (Wales)Regulations 2010 - BA Submission to The Welsh Assembly
Libraries & Reading
BA Statement on Libraries
Bookstart A Need to Continue The Programmes - BA Letter to Vince Cable, Business Secretary
E-Book Lending By Public Libraries - BA Response to The Sieghart Review
E-Book Lending By Public Libraries - BA Submission to The Sieghart Review Panel
E-Books and Public Libraries - BA Letter to Ed Vaizey, The Department of Culture Media and Sport
Inquiry Into England's Public Library Service - BA Submission to Sieghart Review Panel
Library Closures - BA Submission to The Culture Media Sport Committee Inquiry
Opening Up Education - BA Submission to DG Education & Culture
Public Lending Right 2013 - BA Submission to The Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Public Lending Right Rate Per Loan Proposals for 2014 - BA Submission to Department for Culture, Media & Sport
The Modernisation Review of Public Libraries - BA Submission to The Department for Culture Media Sport
Future of the high street
Scottish Parliament Town Centre Inquiry - Booksellers Association Rresponse
Bookselling Ireland
Budget Submission by Bookselling Ireland 2023