NGOs, investors, and companies such as HP and AMD have urged the SEC to promulgate strong, clear rules that will ensure the maximumeffectiveness of the law, and provide clear guidance to companies on how to comply.
Home Office minister John Denham, speaking in the Commons recently, said the reforms "constitute a very strong package of measures to increase the effectiveness and scope of Asbos and to ensure that they have maximum impact for maximum benefit to communities".