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BBC: White Paper

My Lords, we have not committed ourselves to that position yet. Let me say that spectrum charging is part of the warp and weft of broadcasting at the present time. The noble Baroness is indicating that in a particular area we should make special and particular arrangements. We have not reached final decisions on that position yet. I hear what the noble Baroness says: with the increase of competition for those positions there is no doubt that the question of the price and charging becomes of increasing importance as the years go by.