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Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Monday, 8 February 2010, in the House of Lords.

Digital Economy Bill [HL]

Digital Economy Bill (HL). Lords committee stage seventh day. Clauses 31 to 49 agreed to, with clauses 39 and 42 agreed to as amended. Schedules 1 and 3 agreed to. Schedule 2 agreed to as amended. Bill reported with amendments.

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2009-10
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Digital Economy Bill (HL). As amended in Committee.
Monday, 8 February 2010
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c571 (Link to this contribution) 260: Clause 42, page 46, line 14, leave out ““may”” and insert ““shall””
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c568-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a disparate group of amendments. Amendments 256ZA and 276A both carry on the crite...
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Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c569 (Link to this contribution) For the wholly owned subsidiary that is a trading subsidiary of a charity that cannot trade on its o...
Lord Lucas | 717 c569 (Link to this contribution) We are coming up against what will prove to be impossible over the next decade or two: maintaining t...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c571 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Minister’s reply to a wide variety of amendments. I beg leave to withdraw the ...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c569 (Link to this contribution) I omitted to remind the Committee that Amendment 280A is also aimed at commercial partners who seek ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c569 (Link to this contribution) These amendments raise very important issues. Probably the most important issue, despite the Governm...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c569 (Link to this contribution) It is one thing to have an extended licensing scheme for a body that already has a particular work t...
Lord Lucas | 717 c569 (Link to this contribution) I do not really understand what Amendment 280A is about. What is wrong with commercial partners expl...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c568 (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 256 withdrawn. Amendment 256ZA Moved by
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c568 (Link to this contribution) 256ZA: Clause 42, page 46, line 10, at end insert— ““( ) Regulations under subsection (1) shall only...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c568 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to give some assurance. We understand the importance of getting this right and we w...
Baroness Buscombe | 717 c568 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, perhaps I may add briefly—I entirely agree with everythin...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c567 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are a long way away from getting a sensible resolution to this. That was a valiant atte...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c567 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for giving way. As I looked at my note, I realised that I had not referred to...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c566-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I feel that a strong attempt is being made by the Min...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c566 (Link to this contribution) This group of amendments seeks to limit eligibility for authorisation to use or license the use of o...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c565 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with the concerns of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, as to the nature of the li...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c565 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 256, I will speak also to other amendments in the group. Essentially, ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c575 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome some of these amendments from these Benches. Obviously, a number of amendments a...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c575-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall endeavour to respond to the points made, first, in relation to Amendment 277 moved...
Lord Lucas | 717 c575 (Link to this contribution) I support some of what my noble friend said. These days, it is not necessary to create a single regi...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c576 (Link to this contribution) 268A: Clause 42, page 46, leave out lines 26 to 30 Amendment 268A agreed. Amendments 269 to 273 no...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c576-7 (Link to this contribution) I declared an interest at the start of Committee but I should declare again that I am a literary exe...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c576 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is so long since we started this Bill that I am not sure whether these two amendments a...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c577 (Link to this contribution) I cannot see, although I am sure that it is there somewhere, where the copyright owner has the right...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c577 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, proposed new Section 116B(1) comprises one sentence which begins by referring to a ““licen...
Lord Lucas | 717 c572 (Link to this contribution) In case I was not clear enough earlier, I entirely support the amendment.
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c571-2 (Link to this contribution) I must have spoken already to Amendment 260 and to some of the other amendments in this group. These...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c573 (Link to this contribution) 265A: Clause 42, page 46, line 22, leave out ““a work ceases to be an orphan work”” and insert ““an ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c572-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his interesting reply that the language cannot be in Bill so that the consu...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c572 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 261 and 262 seek to insert some of the detail on orphan works into the Bill. The Governme...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c572 (Link to this contribution) The lack of detail in the Bill regarding the money issue is worrying. The Government have indicated ...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c574-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for tabling the amendments which go some way to addressing the many concerns ab...
Lord Howie of Troon | 717 c574 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to my noble friend for entering this lengthy debate so late in the day. I do so at the i...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c574 (Link to this contribution) I have two questions on Amendment 282AZA in this group. First, each licensing body has to maintain i...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c573-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we now move on to a large group of government amendments to Clause 42 that take into accou...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c554 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am happy to reassure the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, and the right reverend Prelate the B...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c552 (Link to this contribution) 251B: After Clause 41, insert the following new Clause— ““Additional protection from harmful materia...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c551-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for having set out quite carefully and fully what the G...
Bishop of Manchester | 717 c553-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think that the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, should in any sense feel that there wil...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c553 (Link to this contribution) The Committee will be pleased to know that this is the last in the line and refers to an age verific...
Baroness Buscombe | 717 c548 (Link to this contribution) I lend my support to the noble Baroness’s amendment. I am trying to recall the date when I spoke on ...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c549 (Link to this contribution) The objective behind these amendments is extremely laudable and my sympathies lie entirely with my n...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c549 (Link to this contribution) It will be highly interesting to hear the Minister's response to these amendments. I was under the i...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c549-51 (Link to this contribution) I shall not agree with the amendments but at least I shall take most of the House with me when I exp...
Bishop of Manchester | 717 c548 (Link to this contribution) An issue which strikes me in relation to these helpful amendments is that responsible retailers who ...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 717 c547-8 (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased to support the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe of Idlicote. I r...
Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 717 c546-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendments moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe of Idlicote, first of all ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c545-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 251A, I shall also speak to Amendment 255A. I do so on behalf of CARE,...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c544 (Link to this contribution) 251A: After Clause 41, insert the following new Clause— ““Duty to promote online safety (1) It shall...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c544 (Link to this contribution) I share the concerns of the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, in that the thing is not at all clear...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c544 (Link to this contribution) 251: Clause 41, page 45, leave out lines 21 to 41 and insert— ““Where there are two designated autho...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c542-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their contribution to this debate. However, I fear that w...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c544 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his comments. He said that the Government’s position was clear and that the...
Bishop of Manchester | 717 c541-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these amendments follow neatly the earlier debate this evening and, as I see it, they are ...
Lord Addington | 717 c542 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, once again we come back to the idea of knowing what is on the tin—letting people know what...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c563-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise in advance for giving a lengthy reply, but this is the first time we have deba...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c564 (Link to this contribution) 256: Clause 42, page 46, line 8, leave out ““or other person””
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c558-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken at this stage of the Bill, I declare an interest a...
Baroness Fookes | 717 c559 (Link to this contribution) The point is probably academic, but if this amendment were to be passed, I could not call Amendments...
Baroness Buscombe | 717 c559-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to speak in support of Amendment 255B, to which my name is added. Clause 42 delegat...
Lord Shutt of Greetland | 717 c560 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Addington and I did not make ourselves available for the digital econ...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 717 c560-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bus...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c562 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take issue with the noble Lord, Lord Howarth. He was suggesting that we did not have orp...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c562-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government have finally accepted, late in the day, that something needs to be done to ...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c557-8 (Link to this contribution) 255B: Clause 42, page 46, leave out lines 4 to 42 and insert ““30 insert— ““Extension and regulation...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c557 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his remarks. I do not think it would be a burden on industry but I am so up...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c556-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, once again the noble Lord is reflecting his authoritarian instincts and seeking to make co...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c556 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment would ensure that consumer advice is added to every video work, along with ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c554 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for what he has said. I cannot say that he has completely re...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c554 (Link to this contribution) 254: Schedule 1, page 52, line 19, leave out sub-paragraph (5)
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c556 (Link to this contribution) I give belated but sincere congratulations. I was so worried about the out-of-character action that ...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c556 (Link to this contribution) 255ZA: Schedule 1, page 53, line 25, at end insert ““and insert— ““(2) Regulations under this sectio...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c554-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to probe the Minister as to why, under paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 1, the Gov...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c555-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thought that the noble Lord was for the moment going to congratulate the Government on a...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c523 (Link to this contribution) This government amendment rectifies an omission in the Bill. Clause 39 of the Bill inserts proposed...
Lord Lucas | 717 c523 (Link to this contribution) 243: After Clause 39, insert the following new Clause— ““Electromagnetic spectrum: access for Europe...
Lord Lucas | 717 c523-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment picks up a point raised minutes earlier by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jon...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c524 (Link to this contribution) 244: After Clause 39, line 3, leave out ““amounting to”” and insert ““commensurate with the requirem...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c524-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, has made some very useful points. I must confess that the reas...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c525 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in listening to what noble Lords have said, I have been rather attracted by the arguments ...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, plus the amendments to it, ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c522 (Link to this contribution) In the opening part of my contribution I did specifically refer to the point that the noble Lord mad...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c522-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was listening very carefully and I took note of exactly what the noble Lord said, but he...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c523 (Link to this contribution) 242: Clause 39, page 42, line 38, at end insert— ““( ) In section 400 of the Communications Act 2003...
Lord Lucas | 717 c529 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord cannot withdraw my amendment. He can only withdraw his amendment to my amen...
Lord Geddes | 717 c529 (Link to this contribution) I heard the noble Lord withdraw his amendment, not yours. Amendment 244 has been withdrawn. Amendme...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c528 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have already given assurances that the emergency services are working together and, as I...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c528-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, for one—not being endowed with the technological knowledge that the noble Lord, Lord Lu...
Lord Lucas | 717 c529-30 (Link to this contribution) I am very sorry, Lord Chairman. I was carefully parsing what the Minister said. I am of course comf...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c530 (Link to this contribution) 246: Clause 40, page 43, line 9, at end insert— ““( ) In subsection (2)— (a) in paragraph (b), for “...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c528 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may reassure the noble Baroness that communications between the emergency services will be...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c528 (Link to this contribution) Unfortunately, such large departments very often do not necessarily look, in the remit of their repo...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c526-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government fully recognise the importance of access to spectrum for the emergency serv...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 717 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend withdraws his amendment, I should say that I was very interested in what the ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c535-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for his amendment. Proposed new Section 2A sets out the co...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c533-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this brief debate on this important is...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c535 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, not only for speaking, but for adding her name to t...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c535 (Link to this contribution) 247: Clause 40, page 43, leave out lines 41 to 44
Lord De Mauley | 717 c535 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 247 is designed to probe the use of the power which Clause 40 would give to the Secretary ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c531-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, has said, I have added my name to this amendment. I am ...
Lord Monson | 717 c532 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have no objection at all to the purpose of this amendment but I quibble with some of the...
Bishop of Manchester | 717 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, have already noted, ...
Lord Addington | 717 c533 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add the support of these Benches for the principle behind the amendment. I apologise for...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c530-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 246. This seeks to plug a loophole that the British Board of Film...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c539 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will be interested to hear the Minister's response to these amendments. Both amendments ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c539-41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 251 is in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Gordon of Strathblane and L...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c539 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank those from all parts of the House who put their names to the amendment, and those ...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c539 (Link to this contribution) 250: Clause 41, page 45, leave out lines 21 to 23
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c538-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. The Government maintain that Cl...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c537 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 248 and 249 explore the point at which the video games authority passes over responsibili...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c536 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response and will think carefully about what he has said. For today, I ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c519-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I feel somewhat like the Ancient Mariner at this part of the Bill. I am hoping that the Mi...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c519 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that brief but—I hope to discover on reading Hansard—informative statement....
Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 717 c521 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, mentioned BT being somewhat upset about these arrangements and t...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c520-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 38 is intended to support the Government’s proposals to achieve the spectrum modern...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c521-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, but he barely touched the surface of the policy. I ho...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c521 (Link to this contribution) We were certainly aware of BT’s intention. If BT wishes to challenge it, we believe that it is a fai...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c522 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is an extraordinary answer. The Government are making policy on the basis of certain ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c522 (Link to this contribution) Whether the joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile takes place is a matter for the relevant compe...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c518-9 (Link to this contribution) I have never had to respond to a hand maiden before in this House. I am still wrestling with that an...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c518 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 36 deals with the renewal of radio multiplex licences and it inserts a new Section ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c518 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to hear that, even if this amendment is not entirely appropriate according to...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c515-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, key to supporting the drive to digital is to encourage and to allow broadcasters to invest...
Lord Eatwell | 717 c515 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the consumer panel of Classic FM. This panel is entirely...
Bishop of Manchester | 717 c514-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I recall that last week the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and I supported each other’s a...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c514 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, although I share a number of the noble Lord’s concerns, I do not think that removing the c...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c518 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment would allow Ofcom to vary the frequency or licensed area of national, as we...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c517-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment, which relates to the provisions for digital radio, seeks to allow for the ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c517 (Link to this contribution) 241C: Clause 35, page 39, line 3, leave out ““local””
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c516-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I also thank other noble Lords for contributing to th...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c513-4 (Link to this contribution) I am of course not referring to the noble Lord, Lord Davies. Moving this business from Tuesday to Mo...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c513 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before I propose that the clause not stand part, I must apologise. As a result of the way ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c581 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply, which illustrated some interesting and useful informa...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c579-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the extended licensing proposals allow the copyright owner to opt out of an extended licen...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c582 (Link to this contribution) 282ZE: Clause 42, page 47, line 9, leave out ““and 116B”” and insert ““to 116BA”” Amendment 282ZE a...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c581-2 (Link to this contribution) 282AZA: Clause 42, page 46, line 42, at end insert— ““116BA Orphan works: supplementary (1) A work i...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c583 (Link to this contribution) 283ZA: Clause 42, page 47, line 14, at end insert— ““( ) The power referred to in subsection (2)(a) ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c582-3 (Link to this contribution) 283: Clause 42, page 47, leave out line 13 Amendment 283 agreed. Amendment 283ZA Moved by
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c583 (Link to this contribution) 283C: Clause 42, page 47, line 20, leave out from beginning to ““may”” in line 21 and insert— ““(5) ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c583 (Link to this contribution) 283B: Clause 42, page 47, line 15, leave out ““and 116B”” and insert ““to 116BA”” Amendment 283B ag...
Lord Lucas | 717 c583 (Link to this contribution) 284: Clause 42, page 47, line 23, at end insert— ““116E Registry of copyright (1) OFCOM shall mainta...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c578 (Link to this contribution) This is a brief probing question to elicit more details from the Minister as to what he would consid...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c578 (Link to this contribution) 278: Clause 42, page 46, leave out lines 38 and 39
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c578 (Link to this contribution) 277A: Clause 42, page 46, line 37, after ““work”” insert ““, unless it is a broadcast or a work incl...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c577-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I am sure that we all look forward to hearing a pro...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c578 (Link to this contribution) 279: Clause 42, page 46, line 38, after ““rights”” insert ““specifically””
Lord De Mauley | 717 c578 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister. Another important question is how you opt out, but in anticipation o...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c578 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the provisions on extended licensing preclude the inclusion of works for which the copyrig...
Lord Lucas | 717 c578 (Link to this contribution) And will he have control of the price at which his work is licensed?
Lord Lucas | 717 c579 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in order to shorten my speech today, I had better send a letter to the Minister on Amendme...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c579 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is one of the most interesting parts of the Bill, because there is some level of baff...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c593 (Link to this contribution) If the Minister is not careful, I will come and bend his ear on the same subject.
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c593 (Link to this contribution) I anticipated the issue because the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, very kindly came to a meeting in...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c594 (Link to this contribution) 292C: After Clause 42, insert the following new Clause— ““Moral rights (1) The Copyright, Designs an...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c593-4 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for the Minister’s compliments. I shall read very carefully what he said in reply...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c593 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the Minister. I should have spoken to Amendment 292D. I thank him for his response to...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c596-7 (Link to this contribution) 299A: Schedule 2, page 56, line 37, at end insert— ““( ) A penalty imposed under sub-paragraph (2) m...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c594-5 (Link to this contribution) If I heard the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, right, I think that press photographers are going to ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c595 (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, in this amendment. Moral rights are currently one of t...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c595 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to both noble Lords for concentrating on what we all recognise is an importa...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c595-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister and beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 292C withdrawn. A...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c599-600 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I very much hope that the holy grail we are talking a...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c598-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, finally, unlike in Arthurian legend, we have reached our version of the holy grail—the fin...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c598 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is with enormous pleasure that I rise at 10 minutes before 11 pm to move this final pro...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c586 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, an amendment or two ago, referred to the flabby brief ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c585-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not wish to prolong the agony but I have given notice that I wish to oppose Clause 42...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c585 (Link to this contribution) 284B: Clause 42, page 47, line 31, leave out ““1A(6)”” and insert ““1BA”” Amendment 284B agreed. D...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c584-5 (Link to this contribution) 284ZA: Clause 42, page 47, line 29, leave out ““116A(6)”” and insert ““116BA”” Amendment 284ZA agre...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c586-7 (Link to this contribution) We said we would reflect on the definition in light of the previous contribution. The second provis...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c586 (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister saying that that definition is included in the Bill? If not, should it be included?
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c586 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this clause helps modernise copyright licensing. First, orphan works, as we all now know, ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c584 (Link to this contribution) I recognise where the noble Lord is coming from, but we feel there are already many databases of cop...
Lord Lucas | 717 c584 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will read what the noble Lord has said. For now, I withdraw the amendment. Amendment 28...
Lord Lucas | 717 c584 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the reflection of the earlier amendment of my noble friend Lord Howard. Just as I ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c591 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I regret my omission of Amendment 290. That was a mistake on my part. I am not going to go...
Lord Lucas | 717 c591 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is certainly potential in the letter that the noble Lord will write to satisfy the q...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c592 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 292A and 292B are joint amendments in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, an...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c591-2 (Link to this contribution) 292A: After Clause 42, insert the following new Clause— ““Metadata (1) The Copyright, Designs and Pa...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c592-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to noble Lords for speaking to these amendments. On Amendment 292A, it is already the ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c592 (Link to this contribution) I rise very briefly—I see the look of horror on the Minister’s face—to support the amendment of the ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c587 (Link to this contribution) I will respond briefly. I thank the Minister for his reply. Despite the fact that we have had a long...
Lord Lucas | 717 c587-8 (Link to this contribution) 285: After Clause 42, insert the following new Clause— ““Format shifting (1) The Copyright, Designs ...
Lord Lucas | 717 c588-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, unless the Committee objects, I will telescope proceedings by speaking also to all my rema...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c590-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not know whether to respond to the thoughtfulness of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, in g...
Viscount Bridgeman | 717 c564 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have clearly been unsuccessful in persuading the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord Howar...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c570-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on Amendment 256ZA, there is no good reason at this stage to exclude, for example, librari...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c577 (Link to this contribution) That is what I am reliably informed—that that will be the case. I am looking to my Box for inspirati...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c579 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I share a number of these concerns and, in particular, I support Amendment 280. As we have...
Lord Addington | 717 c538 (Link to this contribution) It seems we are once again addressing clarity and which group has the expertise at the moment to be ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c537-8 (Link to this contribution) Again, I have added my name to the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley. I am equally glad t...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c597 (Link to this contribution) 300: Clause 44, page 48, line 18, at end insert— ““(c) applies only to one loan to one reader at a t...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c576 (Link to this contribution) 274: Clause 42, page 46, line 34, at end insert ““licensing””
Lord De Mauley | 717 c536 (Link to this contribution) 248: Clause 41, page 44, line 42, at end insert— ““( ) Where there are two designated authorities, t...
Subjects
Children Codes of practice Computer networks Copyright Digital broadcasting British Board of Film Classification Communication Licensing Emergency services Libraries Internet Ofcom Radio frequencies Radio Public lending right Local broadcasting Young people Regulation Safety Video games Classification schemes Streaming
Legislation
Digital Economy Bill (HL) 2009-10
Link
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