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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

717 c223-90 

Session

2009-10

Department

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Digital Economy Bill (HL). As amended in Committee.
Monday, 8 February 2010
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c233 (Link to this contribution) 231: Clause 21, page 23, leave out lines 5 to 8

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c233-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, again, these are probing amendments to clarify Channel 4’s updated remit with regard to fi...

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Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c233 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one of the most comfortable factors about speaking for the Government at the Dispatch Box ...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c233 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his remarks and the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, for his reassurance that th...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c232 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness is right that that is how Channel 4 operates, but I am trying to emphasise that w...

Lord Puttnam | 717 c232-3 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister sits down, I offer some reassurance to the noble Baroness, Lady Bonham-Carter, a...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c231-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by reassuring the noble Lord that there is no intention at all of downgrading the ...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c232 (Link to this contribution) Is it the case that the PSB that the new Channel 4 remit is being asked to provide on the non-linear...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c234-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I am not suffering under any illusion as regards this being a probing amendmen...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c235 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. As he said, it is a probing amendment. The point of it is that Channel 4 shoul...

Earl of Erroll | 717 c229 (Link to this contribution) 229: Clause 19, page 21, line 33, leave out "or a county court"

Earl of Erroll | 717 c230 (Link to this contribution) This is another amendment where I hope I am being helpful in order that something inadvertent does n...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c230 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I understand it, the noble Earl, Lord Erroll, is concerned that the instances where the...

Earl of Erroll | 717 c230 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister very much for that extremely comprehensive reply, which answers most of the que...

Earl of Erroll | 717 c229 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have tabled this terribly simple amendment to help the Minister have more flexibility. A...

Lord De Mauley | 717 c229 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 227 would introduce a sensible amount of flexibility. In many, perhaps even most organisat...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c229 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for his offer of help. The Government recognise that it may not be ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c230-1 (Link to this contribution) 229A: Clause 20, page 22, line 6, leave out "an" and insert "a qualifying" Amendment 229A agreed. ...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c231 (Link to this contribution) 230A: Clause 21, page 22, line 38, leave out ", taken as a whole,"

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c231 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 230A probes the relationship between Channel 4’s existing remit and the new one ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c223 (Link to this contribution) 225C: Clause 19, page 20, line 17, leave out "an" and insert "a qualifying" Amendment 225C agreed. ...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c223 (Link to this contribution) 225D: Clause 19, page 20, line 21, leave out "and any consequences of the failure"

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c225-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I understand it, the purpose of this amendment is to ensure that the order appointing t...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c225 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the two amendments in this group are tabled to probe the remuneration of the manager. Will...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c225 (Link to this contribution) 226: Clause 19, page 21, line 10, leave out "may" and insert "must"

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c224 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot grant the earnest wish of the noble Lord, Lord Howard, in relati...

Earl of Erroll | 717 c224 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Bill could last a long time. The order could still be running after a registry changes...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c224 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a probing amendment. The period of six months that it specifies is not set in ston...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c223 (Link to this contribution) 225E: Clause 19, page 20, line 34, at end insert— "( ) The Secretary of State must discharge the ord...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c223 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. I look forward to hearing from him, and I hope that he will say ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c223 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start on a positive note by bringing noble Lords good news. I have listened carefully to...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c227 (Link to this contribution) That reinforces what I have been saying. We think that we have enough in the Bill to satisfy the und...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c227 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may suggest to the Minister where he might find comfort. Subsection (2) of new Section 124...

Earl of Erroll | 717 c229 (Link to this contribution) 227: Clause 19, page 21, line 17, after "for" insert "any of"

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c226 (Link to this contribution) My apologies for being a bit previous on this group. To reiterate the assurance in relation to Amend...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c226 (Link to this contribution) Although I have heard the noble Lord’s response, I will still make my points and hope to hear what h...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c227 (Link to this contribution) We take the view that the clause allows for the order to include these steps. The order, when taken,...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c226 (Link to this contribution) If, as the noble Lord says, that is the purpose, why should we not include the amendment?

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c226 (Link to this contribution) 226A: Clause 19, page 21, line 11, at end insert— "( ) An order under section 124O must make provisi...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c226 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 228A, but we have not got there yet. He jumped the gun a bit. I understand his anxiety to ...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c235 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord knows that Channel 4 operates under public service obligations already enshrined in l...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c238-9 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness will have a chance to answer that. It is a difficulty that the Government also ha...

Bishop of Manchester | 717 c238 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, echoes what came into my mind as the amendment was put. Per...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c238 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have considerable sympathy with the amendment, but also a query about it. It has been ve...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c235 (Link to this contribution) That is all very well, but the Minister has still not answered what I asked. I suggest that he reads...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c235 (Link to this contribution) What is compulsory is that Channel 4 fulfils its public service obligations, and the provisions in t...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c235 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure I am any the wiser. Perhaps the Minister could look at what I said. In the mean time, ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c235 (Link to this contribution) 231A: Clause 21, page 23, line 26, leave out "in particular" and insert "including by providing acce...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c236-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, despite the growth of the internet, television remains the main source of information abou...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c237 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, C4C is content with this amendment and so are the Government. I intend to accept it. Amen...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c237 (Link to this contribution) 232A: Clause 21, page 23, line 37, at end insert— ""older children" means children between the ages ...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c237 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as an associate of an independent production company. We on these Benches welc...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c243-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords who have indicated why these amendments should not be acc...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c243 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with what the right reverend Prelate has just said. Channel 4 has been given new, ...

Lord De Mauley | 717 c241 (Link to this contribution) 232C: After Clause 21, insert the following new Clause— "Monitoring and enforcing C4C’s media conten...

Lord De Mauley | 717 c241-2 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 232C and 233 and Clause 22 stand part work together to help us all to escape from yet ano...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c240-1 (Link to this contribution) The Government hope that the noble Lord, Lord Howard, will withdraw his amendment when he has probed...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c241 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his remarks and the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam for his pertinent comments. It...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c239 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment returns to an issue that was raised in the early days of our debates on the ...

Lord Puttnam | 717 c240 (Link to this contribution) I declare my interest as deputy chairman of Channel 4. I hope to help the noble Lord, Lord Howard, g...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c239 (Link to this contribution) I will explain why I added the 10 to 15 age category: the remit refers specifically to older childre...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c239 (Link to this contribution) 232B: Clause 21, page 23, leave out lines 46 to 48 and insert— "( ) content that is broadcast over e...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c248-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord maintains that public funding is not needed to support a plurality of sourc...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c249-50 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. I must say that he loves to chase that fox. I do not think that we will agree ...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c249 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord knows that we have canvassed on the issue and that it looks as though we will be able...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c247-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reassurance and beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 233ZB w...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c248 (Link to this contribution) 233ZD: Clause 28, page 31, line 13, leave out from "area" to end of line 15

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c248 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment would remove Ofcom's ability to pay the appointed person for the provision ...

Lord De Mauley | 717 c245-7 (Link to this contribution) I am disappointed that the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester and the noble Baroness, L...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c247 (Link to this contribution) 233ZB: Clause 26, page 30, line 6, at end insert ", and (c) an assessment of the impact that ending ...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c247 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment would ensure that Ofcom reports on the provision of a public teletext servi...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c247 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, under their digital replacement licences, commercial public service broadcasting licensees...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c284 (Link to this contribution) Yes, it does. The noble Lord, Lord Cotter, made the point that there are something like 2.4 radios i...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c284 (Link to this contribution) Does the WEE directive apply to all those radios?

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c283-4 (Link to this contribution) I knew that my noble friend would light upon the most sophisticated of the technological changes to ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also support this amendment. There is some doubt as to how many radios are actually goin...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend’s very sensible suggestion. In the context of what I thought I s...

Lord Maxton | 717 c283 (Link to this contribution) Of course, the switchover to digital television required very few people to dispose of their televis...

Bishop of Manchester | 717 c280-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response to this debate. I am also grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Cl...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c282 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Cotter, has raised an important issue, and I do not think that it req...

Lord Cotter | 717 c281-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I draw attention to an issue on practical, environmental and financial grounds. My concern...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c290 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I will write to the noble Lord, Lord Low. However, I am reliably advised by my Bill team that t...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c290 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister might be able to answer the question about whether the noble Lord, Lord Low, ...

Lord Low of Dalston | 717 c285 (Link to this contribution) 241A: Clause 30, page 34, line 7, at end insert— "97C Digital radio switchover helpscheme (1) There ...

Lord Low of Dalston | 717 c285-7 (Link to this contribution) This amendment would establish a digital radio switchover help scheme on the model of the digital te...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c284 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before my noble friend responds, I want to put to bed the vile calumny that the Minister h...

Lord Cotter | 717 c284-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank all noble Lords who have voiced their support for this proposal and agree that this is an is...

Bishop of Manchester | 717 c287-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join other noble Lords in welcoming the intentions that lie behind the amendment moved b...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c288-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Low, for tabling this amendment, which provides the opportuni...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to support what the noble Lord, Lord Low, said so eloquently. I went to a conferenc...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c287 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is amazing that the point to which my noble friend Lord Low has drawn attention had not...

Lord Low of Dalston | 717 c289 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister and all noble Lords who have spoken for their support. I apologise for interven...

Lord Low of Dalston | 717 c290 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and to the Minister for that reply. I look forw...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c263-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the great danger is that I may repeat the arguments I have just deployed with no hope of a...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c263 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 28 allows Ofcom to appoint, and pay, someone to provide "relevant media content". S...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c263 (Link to this contribution) 234B: Clause 28, page 32, leave out lines 37 to 39

Lord Maxton | 717 c265 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move the amendment standing in my name. I feel almost guilty in raising such a mu...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c265-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend for raising this issue. The amendment refers to the impact that th...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c264 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. There is no equanimity about market failure from this side of the House. The p...

Lord Maxton | 717 c264 (Link to this contribution) 235A: Clause 30, page 33, line 13, at beginning insert "After consultation with companies providing ...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c266-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving this amendment, I will also speak to Amendment 237. The amendments are designed ...

Lord Gordon of Strathblane | 717 c267 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that I can offer some reassurance to the noble Lord opposite. Unless all those tar...

Lord Maxton | 717 c266 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I said at the beginning that this was a probing amendment. My noble friend has given a res...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c266 (Link to this contribution) 236: Clause 30, page 33, line 17, after "to" insert "— (a)"

Lord Puttnam | 717 c257-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in proposing these possibly imperfect amendments, it may appear that my noble friend Lord ...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c259-61 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friends who have spoken to these two amendments. I agree that Am...

Lord Bragg | 717 c258-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Puttnam. I have not spoken in this debate so far for severa...

Lord Puttnam | 717 c261 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. I found the last two groupings very interesting. I had great sympathy...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c261 (Link to this contribution) 234A: Clause 28, page 32, line 11, at end insert ", and ( ) conditions requiring that the money only...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c262 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one dimension that we are concerned about is the disappearance of news provision in locali...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c262 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister, but I wonder whether we are talking slightly at cross purposes here. I was not...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c262-3 (Link to this contribution) As I have indicated, the trouble with the amendment is that it restricts it to television. I ask tha...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c263 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am disappointed that yet again the Minister has slipped away from me, but I beg leave to...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c255 (Link to this contribution) 233E: Clause 28, page 31, leave out line 40

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c255 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his response. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 233D with...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c254-5 (Link to this contribution) Let me begin with the positive response. We recognise the importance of ensuring that the news outpu...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c254 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 233G in this group is also a probing amendment to see exactly what the Governmen...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c254 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall be brief in moving this amendment. It is tabled to tighten up this clause so that ...

Lord Maxton | 717 c256-7 (Link to this contribution) I am interested to hear the noble Lord talk about the public purse because we are getting this in Sc...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c257 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his interesting remarks, and I agree that that is a form of hidden subsid...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c255-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for that contribution from my noble friend Lord Gordon. I found an element o...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c256 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for his discourse on the progress of journalists, although not havin...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c255 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendments 233E and 233H are designed to test how far the Government see Ofcom getting inv...

Lord Gordon of Strathblane | 717 c255 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is surely not beyond the bounds of possibility that Ofcom might decide that, for exampl...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c251 (Link to this contribution) 233CA: Clause 28, page 31, line 20, at end insert— "( ) Prior to appointing a person to provide rele...

Lord De Mauley | 717 c251 (Link to this contribution) 233ZF: Clause 28, page 31, line 15, at end insert— "(1A) OFCOM must do all that they can to secure t...

Lord De Mauley | 717 c250 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 233ZE, I shall also speak to Amendments 233ZF, 233B and 233C, which to...

Lord De Mauley | 717 c250 (Link to this contribution) 233ZE: Clause 28, page 31, line 13, after "area" insert "(subject to subsection (1A))"

Lord De Mauley | 717 c251 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. My noble friend Lord Lucas will be overjoyed. As re...

Lord Gordon of Strathblane | 717 c252 (Link to this contribution) I should like to endorse what the noble Baroness, Lady Bonham-Carter, has said and add another point...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c252-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not going to look at the clause again in the exact way the noble Baroness has enjoine...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c253 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his reply. However, we do not think that consultation is enough. We would...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c253 (Link to this contribution) 233D: Clause 28, page 31, line 26, at end insert— "( ) must specify the conditions relating to the f...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c252 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the purpose of this amendment is to ensure that the introduction of new arrangements for i...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c274 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that comprehensive reply, particularly since it was on the run: i...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c275-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that suite of answers to the various points raised. I also thank ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c275 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the noble Lord: I do have an answer, but forgot to make a note of the question. The a...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c279-80 (Link to this contribution) I will see whether I can find any further information. This is a genuine commitment. It is all part ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c279 (Link to this contribution) We have been given that assurance on a number of occasions. The Minister in the Commons, who recentl...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c278-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord de Mauley, for his brevity. It is not as if I am not paying attention, ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c278 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the right reverend Prelate has put it beautifully: "multi-platform ecology". I like that a...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c277-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the right reverend Prelate has said so much of huge value—an absolute tour de force on beh...

Bishop of Manchester | 717 c276-7 (Link to this contribution) This amendment pursues further the issue about retaining the use of the FM band for local and commun...

Bishop of Manchester | 717 c276 (Link to this contribution) 239A: Clause 30, page 33, line 21, after "services," insert "while retaining the use of the FM Band ...

Bishop of Manchester | 717 c267 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in speaking to the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, I recall that...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c267-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we shall come to rather more detail about this aspect shortly. I, too, support the amendme...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c268 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 30 states that before nominating a switchover date, the Secretary of State must hav...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c272-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the proposed amendment inserts specific switchover criteria into the Bill which must be sa...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c272 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will briefly add my support for these amendments. There clearly has to be a rethink on t...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c273-4 (Link to this contribution) I feel I am being lured into saying, "Never say never" or "Never say ever". We certainly see it for ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c273 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is permanent.

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c269 (Link to this contribution) 238: Clause 30, page 33, line 19, at end insert— "(2A) The Secretary of State may not nominate a dat...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c268-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his remarks. I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manc...

Bishop of Manchester | 717 c271-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 238 has been put eloquently by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and with all ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c269-71 (Link to this contribution) In moving Amendment 238, I shall speak to Amendment 239 and 241. It is a wonderful thing to make one...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c223 (Link to this contribution) This is a probing amendment that is designed to highlight the concern that these words might open up...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c227 (Link to this contribution) It is not often that I would disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, on a point of law. It...

Lord Puttnam | 717 c257 (Link to this contribution) 234: Clause 28, page 32, line 6, at end insert— "( ) conditions requiring the appointed person to co...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c249 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his remarks. I cannot believe that the Government have no idea. He said tha...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c261-2 (Link to this contribution) This amendment seeks clarity over what exactly the Government want this funding to be used for. In s...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c250-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are clear that IFNCs are about securing a plurality of independent local news sources, ...

Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c224-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his remarks. If he genuinely means that there is no intention to allow any ...

Bishop of Manchester | 717 c242-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not wholly persuaded by what the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, has just said. An...

Lord Cotter | 717 c281 (Link to this contribution) 240: Clause 30, page 33, line 33, at end insert— "97AA Disposal and recycling of domestic analogue r...

Lord De Mauley | 717 c278 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is late and I shall be brief, but when we finally switch over to digital transmission i...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c282-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cotter, for introducing this interesting if short de...

Subjects

Disability Children BBC Broadcasting Computer networks Broadcasting programmes Commercial broadcasting Channel Four Television Communication Digital technology Hearing impairment Finance Fees and charges EU law Film Equipment Internet Journalism Motor vehicles Public appointments Older people Recycling Political impartiality Public service broadcasting Ofcom Radio frequencies Radio Local broadcasting Visual impairment Registration Road traffic Waste disposal Television channels Satellite broadcasting Teletext Channel Three Digital switchover help scheme Global navigation satellite systems Television licences

Legislation

Digital Economy Bill (HL) 2009-10

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