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Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill

I thank the Minister for so kindly giving way. I gave notice at Second Reading that I would be pressing a particular point, which the Minister has now raised: the definition of the vulnerable in the 75-plus age group. In the Minister’s reply at Second Reading, he clearly indicated that the Government’s view was that there was sufficient argument from research that the people in the 65-plus, as opposed to the 75-plus, bracket did not need that level of help. Since Second Reading, I have had a further opportunity to look at the DCMS Consumer Expert Group report, Supporting Vulnerable Consumers with targeted assistance at and after Digital TV Switchover. It claims that nearly as many households with people aged over 65 required assistance with installation as those with over-75s: "““We are concerned that help with installation will be necessary for people outside the targeted assistance scheme for vulnerable groups. In the Ferryside and Llansteffan digital switchover technical trials conducted by DCMS it was found that nearly as many households with people aged 65+ required assistance with installation as those with people aged 75+. Further work needs to be done to work out how households with people aged 65+ can be provided””," with installation assistance. It goes on to talk about the role that volunteers may have in that. I have no doubt that the answer is immediately available to the Minister—as I was speaking I saw the papers coming across. I now look forward to hearing it.