Speaking at the Trades Union Congress in Liverpool yesterday, Hunt accused the Business Secretary of going for the "soundbite" in suggesting last month that the possibility to suspend a subscriber's account should be added to the list of technical measures available to tackle P2P file sharing.

Hunt claims the legal threat to suspend, which are now being consulted on, could stifle innovation. "Do we really want to prosecute someone that does a video of their cat with a Beatles soundtrack ...