Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Wednesday, 8 February 2017, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Buscombe, Lord Ashton of Hyde and Lord Keen of Elie.

Digital Economy Bill

Lords committee stage fourth day. clauses 85 to 91 agreed to, with clauses 89 and 90 agreed to as amended. Schedule 4 agreed to. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 102). Part 2 of 2.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 778 cc1800-1848
Session: 2016-17
Department: Ministry of Justice; Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Legislative stage: Committee stage
Procedure: New clauses
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Digital Economy Bill 2016-17. Brought from the Commons.
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House of Lords; Digital Economy Bill 2016-17. As amended in Committee.
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Benjamin | 778 cc1800-1 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Benjamin
229: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause—
...; Baroness Benjamin | 778 cc1801-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 229, which aims to move children’s content on public servi...; Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 778 c1804 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Benjamin. It is clearly of paramount importance that our...; Lord Watson of Invergowrie | 778 cc1805-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support Amendment 229 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, who I congrat...; Lord Gordon of Strathblane | 778 c1807 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am in the awkward position of being unable to give this my full support, which I very...; Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 778 cc1808-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very pleased to speak in support of Amendment 229, to which I have added my name, ...; Lord Ashton of Hyde | 778 cc1809-1810 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 229 addresses the important issue of children’s television, something that I ...; Baroness Benjamin | 778 cc1810-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I also thank all noble Lords who have supported ...; Lord Puttnam | 778 c1811 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Puttnam
229ZA: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause—
...; Lord Puttnam | 778 cc1811-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in speaking to the two amendments that stand in my name, I should first declare my inte...; Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 778 cc1814-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my name is also attached to these amendments, and I support the noble Lord, Lord Puttna...; Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 778 c1815 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support this amendment. I remember well—and the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam has reminded...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 cc1815-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this has been a very important debate on a very big issue. Its sharpness has been reinf...; Baroness Buscombe | 778 cc1816-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this important debate. It is good to hav...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 c1819 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for going through this in so much detail. The issue raised in the first part...; Baroness Buscombe | 778 c1819 (Link to this contribution)
The Government do not accept that there is a difficulty in this. The important issue is that the ...; Lord Puttnam | 778 c1819 (Link to this contribution)
What I believe the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, is saying, and it is very important, is that there...; Baroness Buscombe | 778 c1819 (Link to this contribution)
I am going to wait for a reply on that. I would like to be able to respond tonight, rather than s...; Lord Puttnam | 778 c1819 (Link to this contribution)
I think that we all deserve to be very clear about this: can we be sure that the Secretary of Sta...; Baroness Buscombe | 778 c1820 (Link to this contribution)
There is nothing coming from the Box—I think that I will have to come back to this point.
O...; Lord Puttnam | 778 cc1820-1 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Baroness for an extremely full response. Perhaps I may say several things. Firs...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 c1821 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
229ZC: After Clause 84, insert the following new...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 cc1822-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this amendment deals with the preparations that will need to be made should we be in th...; Lord Foster of Bath | 778 cc1823-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is four years after the Leveson inquiry, and I certainly believe that Section 40 of ...; Lord Keen of Elie | 778 cc1824-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am obliged to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for expressing this amendment and also ...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 cc1825-6 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble and learned Lord for his full response. I am sorry that he guessed the plot rat...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 c1826 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
230: After Clause 87, insert the following new C...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 cc1826-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before I introduce the amendment, I wonder whether we could reflect on the fact that we...; Lord Moynihan | 778 cc1828-1831 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the seven amendments in this group spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenso...; Lord Clement-Jones | 778 cc1831-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Moynihan. I shall s...; Lord Moynihan | 778 c1832 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way because it gives me the opportunity of declar...; Lord Clement-Jones | 778 cc1832-3 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord for that. I will not go into the detail—it has been very well described by...; Earl of Glasgow | 778 cc1833-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support Amendments 230 and 231, to which my noble friends Lord Clement-Jones and Lord...; Lord Ashton of Hyde | 778 c1834 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too would, of course, like to pay tribute, on behalf of the Government, to Baroness H...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 c1834 (Link to this contribution)
I am glad the Minister has mentioned the work of the CMA, but is he aware, as I hope he is, that ...; Lord Ashton of Hyde | 778 c1835 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the noble Lord on that. The fact is that the enforcement activity is under way. We t...; Lord Clement-Jones | 778 c1835 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry to press the Minister further even at this late hour, but I do not quite understand. P...; Lord Ashton of Hyde | 778 cc1835-6 (Link to this contribution)
I am afraid I do not know what the timescale is. Obviously there will be a conclusion, but I do n...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 c1836 (Link to this contribution)
Glass half full or glass half empty? I am not quite sure what to make of that. Sometimes the Mini...; Lord Ashton of Hyde | 778 c1836 (Link to this contribution)
Of course, as I said right at the beginning on day one, I am always open to meeting the noble Lor...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 778 c1836 (Link to this contribution)
I am heartened by that and, on that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 778 cc1836-7 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
232: After Clause 87, insert the following new C...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 778 cc1837-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will try to be brief because the hour is late. I should also say that this amendment ...; Baroness Buscombe | 778 c1838 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by apologising to the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, that she is, for...; Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 778 c1838 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for that reply and for welcoming the spirit of the amendment. Just for the r...; Baroness Hollins | 778 c1839 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Hollins
233F: After Clause 87, insert the following new Clause—
...; Baroness Hollins | 778 cc1839-1841 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest as I gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry and my family decided t...; Lord Low of Dalston | 778 c1841 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the amendments because they provide the Government with yet another opportuni...; Lord Prescott | 778 cc1842-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins. We have been in similar s...; Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 778 c1844 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is late, and I do not want to repeat myself. I sure that the noble Baroness, the nob...; Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 778 c1844 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, again, given the lateness of the hour, I simply say that our views are well known, that...; Lord Keen of Elie | 778 cc1844-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am obliged to the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins. I will address Amendments 233F and 23...; Baroness Hollins | 778 c1845 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. My hope is for a free and responsible press. Howeve...; Baroness Buscombe | 778 c1846 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Buscombe
236: Clause 89, page 90, line 12, at end insert—
“( ...; Baroness Buscombe | 778 c1846 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Buscombe
237A: Clause 89, page 90, line 15, after “except” insert “...; Baroness Buscombe | 778 c1846 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Buscombe
239B: Clause 90, page 90, line 24, at end insert—
“(...; Baroness Buscombe | 778 c1847 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Buscombe
240: In the Title, line 8, after “functions;” insert “to m...
Subjects: Telecommunications
Legislation: Digital Economy Bill 2016-17
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Digital Economy Bill

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