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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

I wish to speak briefly to Amendments 84 and 107. Amendment 84 is a very straightforward amendment. It suggests that the words "if any" should be left out at line 32, page 7, on the grounds that it will be—I think that it already is—the clear wish of Parliament that a threshold should be set out in the initial obligations code. Regardless of whether it is a code from the industry or from Ofcom, there must be a threshold. The insertion of the words "if any" seems to suggest that there may not be a threshold. Therefore, I propose that those words should be deleted. Amendment 107 goes over the ground that we discussed under a previous amendment. Therefore, I shall move it formally when we come to it. In the mean time, I beg to move Amendment 84.