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Local Digital Television Programme Services Order 2012

Could I press the noble Baroness on one point, which I asked about but which I do not think she answered? I understand that when the licences are given out, it will be to a provider who will then be able to broadcast 24 hours a day. The local element is envisaged to be only ever a couple of hours a day, give or take one to three hours. Certainly, the provider will not just broadcast local news over that 24-hour timescale. I am still not clear as to what controls will be on the producers to guarantee quality for the other—let us say—20 or 22 hours a day. They could end up on the front page of the electronic programme guide for producing cartoons or something of poor quality—not what we would regard as decent-quality public service broadcasting. I just want some clarification on what controls there will be on that element of a channel’s broadcasting.