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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

I said that this was a probing amendment, so I shall withdraw it, but I am not very satisfied with the answer. Although there are examples of regulators outsourcing administration, I do not know of a situation where a regulator has outsourced enforcement outside its own jurisdiction. I am gratified that the Minister assures me that enforcement will still be under the auspices of Ofcom, in which case the body will not be independent of everybody because it will effectively be an arm’s-length version of Ofcom. However, does that also mean that it will have all the statutory duties of Ofcom? If the Minister could point to an analogy in another area of economic regulation, I might be more reassured, but in an area where a new regime is being introduced, the main regulator ought to be dealing directly with enforcement.