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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

My Lords, this amendment would be a fairly straightforward addition to the provisions of Clause 10. I expect that the Minister will tell me that what is says is implied in the duties that will be imposed on Ofcom. However, this is an extremely important matter in terms of public confidence. The Minister knows that we have had discussions about strangling and all the forms of TAS. Therefore, the types of technical measure and the way in which they could affect subscribers and consumers are extremely important. This amendment aptly adds a further duty to ensure that Ofcom would do the proper thing and illustrate the consequences of imposing technical measures. I beg to move.