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Debate on bill on Thursday, 14 June 2007, in the House of Commons.

Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill

Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill. Programme motion (No 2) on consideration of Lords Amendments and subsequent stages. Agreed to on question. Lords amendment 1 agreed to.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
461 c885-96 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Legislative stage
Lords amendments
Procedure
Programme motions
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 461 c886 (Link to this contribution) The ruling that I have given the Minister applies to all other Members as well. The debate is on the...
Shaun Woodward | 461 c886 (Link to this contribution) Therefore, Madam Deputy Speaker, with your expert guidance, and in the interests of brevity, and com...
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Greg Knight | 461 c886 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Without in any way seeking to challenge your ruling, it w...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c888 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes the excellent move of promoting Madam Deputy Speaker to Madam Speaker, no d...
Speaker | 461 c888 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman knows that he is straying wide of the amendment; he does no...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c887-8 (Link to this contribution) I hear what my right hon. Friend says. In Committee, we pressed the Minister to put into the Bill a ...
Lord Foster of Bath | 461 c888 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman is not just going to leave it at the shadow Secretary of State, as al...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c886-7 (Link to this contribution) The House will now, unfortunately, not be treated to the full-length disquisition on the merits of t...
Greg Knight | 461 c887 (Link to this contribution) I understand and accept the ruling from the Chair, but we would all like to know what the Minister w...
Shaun Woodward | 461 c886 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment. On Report the House agr...
Speaker | 461 c886 (Link to this contribution) Order. I must point out to the Minister that this is a debate on the amendment, rather than a genera...
Adam Afriyie | 461 c891 (Link to this contribution) We could, by bouncing the amendment back, give the Lords or the Government the opportunity to review...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c891 (Link to this contribution) I hope that that is the case. The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point about the need for speed i...
Adam Afriyie | 461 c891-2 (Link to this contribution) I have listened to my hon. Friend’s remarks with great interest. However, it again strikes me that, ...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c891 (Link to this contribution) I must tell my hon. Friend that we have decided to accept the amendment because it affects an interp...
Greg Knight | 461 c890 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend satisfied with the amendment? It appears to me that it may be defective because, a...
Robert Syms | 461 c890 (Link to this contribution) During the Bill’s progress, the Under-Secretary has generously invited hon. Members on occasions to ...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c890 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is a vastly experienced Member and, I suspect, a much better lawyer than me, al...
Lord Foster of Bath | 461 c890-1 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. If we agree to the amendment, although it means that th...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c890 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point about the effect of the amendment on the progress of digital...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c889 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to say that it is a crucial matter. I do not have the statistics to hand abo...
Robert Syms | 461 c889 (Link to this contribution) Clearly this will be a key issue. Many Members will have visually impaired constituents coming to th...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c889 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. When the Minister writes to me about digital switchover, it migh...
Robert Syms | 461 c889 (Link to this contribution) I would like a little more information about how many people will be affected by the change. Do we h...
Adam Afriyie | 461 c890 (Link to this contribution) If a district council that picks up this responsibility does not already hold the data and is not in...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c888 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker. To give credit where it is due, the hon. Member for Bath first...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c889 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. My question to the Minister is simply this: ...
Speaker | 461 c889 (Link to this contribution) Order. Once again, may I remind the hon. Gentleman of the narrowness of this debate.
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c888-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. That was one of the three questions that I was going to ask...
Adam Afriyie | 461 c888 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is doing an excellent job in explaining the amendment given that the Minister was una...
Shaun Woodward | 461 c895 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman must be patient. He has spent hours entertaining the Chamber—
Shaun Woodward | 461 c895-6 (Link to this contribution) He has spent 22 minutes on something that, frankly, should have been dispensed with in two. There i...
Shaun Woodward | 461 c895 (Link to this contribution) No, I will not. The hon. Gentleman has had nearly an hour in which to wax lyrical about all this—
Shaun Woodward | 461 c894-5 (Link to this contribution) I am faced with a difficult choice, Madam Deputy Speaker. Hon. Members have tested your ruling to de...
Adam Afriyie | 461 c894 (Link to this contribution) I pressed my hon. Friend the Member for Wantage (Mr. Vaizey) on the point about costs related to the...
Lord Foster of Bath | 461 c893-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am seeking to ascertain whether the information that as a res...
Speaker | 461 c893 (Link to this contribution) Order. Whatever the hon. Gentleman may or may not have done in Committee, we are now discussing this...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c893 (Link to this contribution) May I remind the hon. Gentleman that when we referred to Whitehaven as a guinea pig, the Minister be...
Lord Foster of Bath | 461 c892 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for the early promotion that I gave you in my intervention, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am ...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c892 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, which enables me, in summing up, to reiterate the important...
Shaun Woodward | 461 c886 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for your advice, Madam Deputy Speaker.
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 461 c890 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. When the Under-Secretary was questioned about the matter in Committee, he s...
Lord Foster of Bath | 461 c893 (Link to this contribution) That is why I chose my words carefully, pointing out that there was some concern about the definitio...
Subjects
Disclosure of information BBC Costs Digital broadcasting Local government Scotland Visual impairment Wales
Legislation
Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2006-07
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