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Debate on bill on Wednesday, 3 March 2010, in the House of Lords.


Digital Economy Bill [HL]

Digital Economy Bill (HL). Lords report stage second day.


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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
717 c1453-518 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Legislative stage
Report stage
Procedure
Government defeats
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 Davies of Oldham | 717 c1504-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have contributed to this short debate, and particularly t...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1505 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply. I accept the need for flexibility expressed by other noble Lords...
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Lord Puttnam | 717 c1503-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I again declare my interest as deputy chairman of Channel 4. I will try to clarify the sit...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c1504 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, sadly, I do not support the amendment. What we have just heard from the noble Lord, Lord P...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1506 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government are pleased to accept this amendment and the other three to which the noble...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1506 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for that very welcome response. Amendment 132 agreed. Amendment 132A Moved...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1506 (Link to this contribution) 132: Clause 28, page 35, line 4, at end insert— "( ) must be made subject to such conditions relatin...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1506 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 132, I wish to speak also to Amendments 133, 134 and 135. This amendme...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1505 (Link to this contribution) 131: Clause 26, page 33, line 22, at end insert— "( ) OFCOM must publish every report under this sec...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1505-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we discussed these issues earlier this afternoon. This amendment requires Ofcom to publish...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1501 (Link to this contribution) 126: Clause 19, page 23, line 40, leave out "and any consequences of the failure"
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1501-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it was never the Government’s intention that a registry would have to pay compensation to ...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1502 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister again. This goes a long way towards reassuring the registries, which are concer...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1502 (Link to this contribution) 130: Clause 21, page 27, line 45, at end insert— "( ) In section 295 of that Act (involvement of C4 ...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1503 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as an associate of an independent production company. As I have said...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1502 (Link to this contribution) I add my thanks to the Minister for listening to the concerns expressed in Committee. Amendment 126...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1502 (Link to this contribution) 127: Clause 19, page 24, line 10, at end insert— "( ) The Secretary of State must discharge the orde...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1502 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we considered the points made in Committee by noble Lords on the question of how long the ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1502 (Link to this contribution) 128: Clause 20, page 25, line 25, leave out "and any consequences of the failure" 129: Clause 20, ...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1509-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as was discussed at an earlier stage, it is important that any new arrangements for indepe...
Lord Fowler | 717 c1510 (Link to this contribution) I rise briefly to support what the noble Baroness has said. The main point regarding the important p...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1510-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords because their comments would have been made from this Dis...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1511 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his welcome reply. I have trumped the noble Lord, Lord Howard, in accepted ...
Lord Gordon of Strathblane | 717 c1510 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the noble Baroness’s amendment. I spoke to an amendment roughly to this effect in Co...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c1510 (Link to this contribution) I also add my support to the amendment. It is clearly important that the brand that is attached to t...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c1511-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have a number of concerns with Clause 28. Noble Lords will recall from previous debates...
Lord Gordon of Strathblane | 717 c1512 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I fully understand where the noble Lord is coming from and I see a lot of problems with in...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1511 (Link to this contribution) 135: Clause 28, page 35, line 36, leave out "(5)(e)" and insert "(5)" Amendment 135 agreed. Amendm...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c1511 (Link to this contribution) 136: Clause 28, leave out Clause 28
Lord Puttnam | 717 c1506 (Link to this contribution) 132A: Page 35, line 4, at end insert— "( ) must be made subject to such conditions as OFCOM consider...
Lord Puttnam | 717 c1507 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for the last-minute changing of a couple of words, on the advice of parliament...
Lord Gordon of Strathblane | 717 c1507 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree entirely with everything that the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, has said. My only poin...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c1507-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly support the amendment, unless of course, following the point made by the noble...
Lord Fowler | 717 c1508 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, indicated, we have a new situation because of the consort...
Lord Maxton | 717 c1508 (Link to this contribution) I want briefly to raise a question that I am sure the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, has raised in t...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1508-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was sitting here blissfully enjoying the unanimity being expressed in all parts of the H...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1509 (Link to this contribution) 133: Clause 28, page 35, line 5, after "such" insert "other" 134: Clause 28, page 35, leave out li...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1509 (Link to this contribution) 134A: Clause 28, page 35, line 30, at end insert— "( ) Before inviting applications for an appointme...
Lord Gordon of Strathblane | 717 c1516-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not have any problem with the sentiments behind the amendments. The only problem is t...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c1516 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I absolutely agree with what has been said so far. This is one of the greatest eye-openers...
Lord Fowler | 717 c1516 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on the amendment—I am now rowing back frantically—on a very...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1513-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what is the role of a Minister when friends fall out in the Opposition? The noble Lord, Lo...
Lord Fowler | 717 c1513 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am the chairman of the Select Committee on Communications which made the proposal that t...
Lord Puttnam | 717 c1512 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, made his point extremely eloquently, and it leaves me fairly conflic...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1515 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I commend the amendments, which are a very constructive way of seeking further assurance f...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1515 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I tabled Amendments 137 and 138 again simply to get more detail from the Minister, as his ...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1515 (Link to this contribution) 137: Clause 30, page 36, line 33, after "to" insert— "(a) "
Lord De Mauley | 717 c1515 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Fowler and the noble Lords, Lord Gordon and Lord Puttnam, for...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1517-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate, particularly the ri...
Bishop of Manchester | 717 c1517 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rather echo that point. In Committee, I expressed, as did many noble Lords, concerns abo...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1518 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wanted to indicate that. If I did not make it clear enough in my reply, we see FM contin...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c1518 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the Minister clarify the point about which a lot of people are concerned; namely, that...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1518 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his comments, and I thank my noble friend Lord Fowler for his support. I wa...
Lord Puttnam | 717 c1466 (Link to this contribution) I ask the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, to clarify one aspect of his argument for me, because I am...
Lord Fowler | 717 c1466-7 (Link to this contribution) The point made by the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, is important and I shall deal with my view on it in ...
Lord Whitty | 717 c1464-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to enter this debate at a late stage. I have only just worked out that what is ...
Lord Lucas | 717 c1465-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take to heart some of the things that have been said about Amendment 120A, although I ad...
Lord Maxton | 717 c1467 (Link to this contribution) I was not going to speak on this amendment, but the debate has become about the rights and wrongs of...
Lord Lucas | 717 c1459 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister comment on his amendments in this group so that I can comment on them as well as o...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1462-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall comment on all the amendments in the group. The Minister will be surprised to hear...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 717 c1464 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I first express my gratitude to my noble friend for bringing this forward in prime debatin...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1459-62 (Link to this contribution) I am resisting getting up unnecessarily because I have problems with my hip, so I hope noble Lords w...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1454-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when a cost is placed on industry, ultimately there is a high likelihood that the consumer...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1455 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for that helpful clarification. My reason for bringing up this amendm...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1455 (Link to this contribution) 54A: Clause 8, page 10, line 35, at end insert— "( ) that takes into account circumstances whereby i...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c1458-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for tabling Amendments 54A and 120A. The many ...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1454 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support this measure. "Subscriber" means the person who pays the bill on an IP address, ...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1454 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we return once again to the question of costs. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Clement-J...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1454 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt but I think that the noble Lord may not have noticed that Amendmen...
Lord Lucas | 717 c1499 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the noble Earl were to broaden his remarks a little to say how big a problem would be r...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1499 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to say something about the amendments of the noble Lord, Lucas, which I fully suppo...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1499 (Link to this contribution) 121A: Clause 18, page 22, line 27, at end insert— "( ) the failure is an issue reasonably within the...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1499 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I raised this issue previously. It is a simple matter and I hope that the reason the Minis...
Baroness Hayman | 717 c1497 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if Amendment 120A is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 121 for reasons of pre-emption. A...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1497-9 (Link to this contribution) 120A: Clause 17, leave out Clause 17 and insert the following new Clause— "Preventing access to spec...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1500-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for giving me the opportunity to address the point that concerns...
Lord Lucas | 717 c1500 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in order to hear the Minister’s reply, I beg to move.
Lord Lucas | 717 c1500 (Link to this contribution) 122: Clause 18, page 22, line 29, at beginning insert "seriously"
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1500 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find it greatly reassuring that the Minister believes that all Secretaries of State in t...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1499-500 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what is proposed here is a further test of a relevant failure by an internet domain regist...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1501 (Link to this contribution) 125: Clause 18, page 22, leave out lines 40 and 41 Amendment 125 agreed. Clause 19 : Appointment o...
Lord Lucas | 717 c1501 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that reply. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 122 withdrawn. Amen...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1501 (Link to this contribution) 124: Clause 18, page 22, line 34, at end insert— "( ) In subsection (3) "prescribed" means prescribe...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1501 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have listened carefully to the points made in Committee by the noble Earl, Lord Erroll,...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1501 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for this amendment, which to a large extent answers the concerns I raised on th...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1487-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply and appreciate the difficulties in defining something such as thi...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c1488 (Link to this contribution) 88: Clause 13, page 15, line 22, leave out "or another person has" and insert "have" 89: Clause 13...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1487 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 87 is designed to ensure that technical obligations are not imposed on relevant ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1487 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, while I have much sympathy with the objective of ensuring that people who have nothing to ...
Lord Whitty | 717 c1490 (Link to this contribution) 103: After Clause 13, leave out lines 52 to 55
Lord Whitty | 717 c1490-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment is important and seeks to limit the role of the appeal tribunal to judging ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c1488 (Link to this contribution) 96: Clause 13, page 16, line 20, leave out "copyright infringement" and insert "owner-provider" 97...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c1488-90 (Link to this contribution) 100: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause— "Subscriber appeals After section 124J of the...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1491-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall start with Amendment 103. I am surprised that the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, wants t...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1491 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will make a couple of general comments that apply to the proposed new clause. They conce...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 717 c1491 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will briefly associate myself with all the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty. One o...
Lord Whitty | 717 c1492-3 (Link to this contribution) I am most disappointed with that response. The first part of what the noble Lord said is quite right...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1493-4 (Link to this contribution) 105: Clause 14, page 16, line 44, after "provider" insert "or copyright owner on whom the penalty is...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1494 (Link to this contribution) 109: Clause 15, page 17, line 23, leave out from "to" to end of line 24 and insert "a subscriber app...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c1494 (Link to this contribution) 110: Clause 15, page 17, line 29, at end insert— "( ) payment by an internet service provider of a c...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c1494-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the intention of this amendment is to ensure that the costs incurred by rights holders in ...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1495 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness introduced the amendment very cogently. I do not want to say much more ...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1495-6 (Link to this contribution) I see that this is an attempt to introduce balance, but if it were to be adopted, we would have to i...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1496 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we made it clear. We think that the bulk of the cost of the process should fall to copyrig...
Lord Whitty | 717 c1496 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not want to be seen as the defender of the ISPs’ interests, but the point about them ...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 717 c1497 (Link to this contribution) 111: Clause 16, page 18, line 40, at end insert— ""subscriber appeal" means— (a) in relation to an i...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c1496-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his reply, even though I am not exactly pleased with wha...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1480-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I intend to speak to the Government’s Amendments 79 and 82, which deal with how and when t...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1479 (Link to this contribution) 78: Clause 11, page 13, line 39, at beginning insert "If the Secretary of State believes necessary, ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1479 (Link to this contribution) 77: Clause 10, page 13, line 35, at end insert— "(8) OFCOM must publish every report under this sect...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1479 (Link to this contribution) I cannot, but I will respond in writing. Amendment 75 agreed. Amendment 76 not moved. Amendment 7...
Lord De Mauley | 717 c1479 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for listening to the concerns expressed in Committee. What happens to the money...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1478-9 (Link to this contribution) This is yet another change that we are proposing in response to the many excellent points that noble...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1478 (Link to this contribution) 75: Clause 10, page 13, line 31, after "providers" insert "and copyright owners"
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1481 (Link to this contribution) 79: Clause 11, page 13, line 39, leave out "at any time" Amendment 79 agreed. Amendment 80 not mov...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1481 (Link to this contribution) One amendment accepted in the past quarter of an hour is a cause for happiness and I must not compla...
Lord Whitty | 717 c1481 (Link to this contribution) 81: Clause 11, page 13, line 40, after "providers" insert "in relation to online copyright infringem...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1484-5 (Link to this contribution) That is merely intended to cover wider economic considerations—no more than that—so I do not depart ...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1483 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt, but I am not sure that the Minister has covered the fact that, al...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1486 (Link to this contribution) 82: Clause 11, page 13, line 40, leave out from "if" to end of line 44 and insert "— (a) OFCOM have ...
Lord Whitty | 717 c1485-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will certainly not press Amendment 81, but I ask the Minister to look at the points made...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 717 c1482-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have added my name to the amendments. I feel particularly strongly about Amendment 83. U...
Lord Whitty | 717 c1481-2 (Link to this contribution) The previous group of amendments went sufficiently fast for me not to intervene. My noble friend the...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1483 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government have accepted Amendment 74, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Howard, which in...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1483 (Link to this contribution) The amendments are essential. The trouble comes from the words "any other consideration" in Clause 1...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1486 (Link to this contribution) 85: Clause 12, page 14, line 22, leave out "(f)" and insert "(fa)" Amendment 85 agreed. Clause 13 ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1486-7 (Link to this contribution) 86: Clause 13, page 15, line 6, at end insert— "(aa) that the requirements concerning subscriber app...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1468 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to correct the noble Lord, but an ISP gives connectivity to the internet; it does not nec...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1473 (Link to this contribution) 67: Clause 9, page 12, line 15, at end insert— "But this is subject to any direction by the Secretar...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1472-3 (Link to this contribution) 58: Clause 8, page 11, line 6, at end insert— "(3A) The provision mentioned in subsection (3) must n...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1472 (Link to this contribution) 55: Clause 8, page 10, line 40, at end insert "and" 56: Clause 8, page 10, line 41, leave out from...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1468-72 (Link to this contribution) The wording of the Act and the wording of the proposed new clause relate to service providers. There...
Lord Lucas | 717 c1474 (Link to this contribution) 68: Clause 9, page 12, line 18, at end insert— "( ) an assessment of the level of subscribers’ use o...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1474 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a rather difficult question. As the noble Lord will readily appreciate, the Govern...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1473-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for Amendment 67, which meets a concern raised in Committee that to c...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 717 c1473 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will speak also to government Amendments 72 and 77. The amendments deal with reports req...
Lord Lucas | 717 c1474-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 68, I wish to speak also to Amendments 70 and 71. These three amendmen...
Earl of Erroll | 717 c1476 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support these amendments in general, as I do the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Howard...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1475-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend’s and my amendments in this group suggest other measures that could useful...
Lord Lucas | 717 c1477 (Link to this contribution) That was a most helpful reply in all but the last aspect, and even for that I understood the reason....
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1476-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as is often the case, I understand why the noble Lords, Lord Lucas and Lord Howard, have t...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1478 (Link to this contribution) 74: Clause 10, page 13, line 12, at end insert "for the purpose of preventing or reducing infringeme...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1477-8 (Link to this contribution) 72: Clause 9, page 12, line 42, at end insert— "(7) OFCOM must publish every full report under this ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 717 c1478 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I bring good news. I am aware that some concern has been expressed in Committee and outsid...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1478 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment ties the technical obligation order more closely to the stated purpose of t...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1478 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. Amendment 74 agreed. Amendment 75 Moved by
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1453 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, once again it falls to me to propose an amendment against the tide of the House as noble L...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1468 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is time for me to wind up. This has been a very serious debate and I thank all noble Lo...
Lord Gordon of Strathblane | 717 c1503 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure I can agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Bonham-Carter. After all, Channel ...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 717 c1507 (Link to this contribution) I add my support to the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam. As I said earlier when I made a r...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1455-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 120A. First, I apologise for the slightly artificial intro...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1479-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister kindly accepted my previous amendment, which limited the purpose for which te...
Lord Clement-Jones | 717 c1453 (Link to this contribution) 54: Clause 8, page 10, line 35, at end insert— "( ) that the code makes provision to ensure subscrib...
Lord Howard of Rising | 717 c1487 (Link to this contribution) 87: Clause 13, page 15, line 16, at end insert— "( ) that those provisions do not have a significant...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 717 c1459 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is an interesting idea which, theoretically anyhow, we should consider very seriously...
Subjects
Access Children Codes of practice Consumers Appeals Broadcasting Costs Computer networks Copyright Digital broadcasting Channel Four Television Channel Four Communication Digital technology ICT EU law Film Internet Educational institutions Journalism National security Motor vehicles Protection Pornography Public service broadcasting Ofcom Music Radio Local broadcasting Registration Standards Universities Technology Channel Three Subscriptions Internet service providers Television licences
Legislation
Digital Economy Bill (HL) 2009-10
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