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Oppenheim, Phillip

Page, Richard

Paice, James

Patnick, Irvine

Patten, Rt Hon John

Pawsey, James

Porter, Barry (Wirral S)

Porter, David (Waveney)

Portillo, Michael

Price, Sir David

Raison, Rt Hon Timothy

Redwood, John

Renton, Rt Hon Tim

Rhodes James, Robert

Riddick, Graham

Roberts, Wyn (Conwy)

Rossi, Sir Hugh

Rost, Peter

Rowe, Andrew

Rumbold, Mrs Angela

Ryder, Richard

Scott, Rt Hon Nicholas

Shaw, David (Dover)

Shaw, Sir Giles (Pudsey)

Shephard, Mrs G. (Norfolk SW)

Shepherd, Colin (Hereford)

Shepherd, Richard (Aldridge)

Shersby, Michael

Sims, Roger

Speller, Tony

Spicer, Sir Jim (Dorset W)

Spicer, Michael (S Worcs)

Squire, Robin

Stanbrook, Ivor

Stanley, Rt Hon Sir John

Steen, Anthony

Stern, Michael

Stevens, Lewis

Stewart, Andy (Sherwood)

Stradling Thomas, Sir John

Sumberg, David

Summerson, Hugo

Tapsell, Sir Peter

Taylor, Ian (Esher)

Taylor, Teddy (S'end E)

Tebbit, Rt Hon Norman

Temple-Morris, Peter

Thompson, D. (Calder Valley)

Thompson, Patrick (Norwich N)

Thorne, Neil

Thurnham, Peter

Townsend, Cyril D. (B'heath)

Tracey, Richard

Tredinnick, David

Twinn, Dr Ian

Vaughan, Sir Gerard

Viggers, Peter

Waddington, Rt Hon David

Walden, George

Waller, Gary

Wardle, Charles (Bexhill)

Warren, Kenneth

Watts, John

Wells, Bowen

Wheeler, Sir John

Whitney, Ray

Widdecombe, Ann

Wilshire, David

Winterton, Mrs Ann

Winterton, Nicholas

Wolfson, Mark

Woodcock, Dr. Mike

Yeo, Tim

Young, Sir George (Acton)

Tellers for the Noes :

Mr. John M. Taylor and

Mr. Tom Sackville.

Question accordingly negatived.

Amendments made : No. 22, in page 15, line 9, leave out do so' and insert award the licence to that applicant'.

No. 654, in page 15, line 9, at end insert--

(3A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3), the Commission may regard the following circumstances as exceptional circumstances which make it appropriate to award the licence to an applicant who has not submitted the highest bid, namely where it appears to the Commission--

(a) that the quality of the service proposed by such an applicant is exceptionally high ; and

(b) that the quality of that proposed service is substantially higher than the quality of the service proposed--

(i) by the applicant who has submitted the highest bid, or (ii) in a case falling within subsection (2), by each of the applicants who have submitted equal highest bids ; and where it appears to the Commission, in the context of the licence, that any circumstances are to be regarded as exceptional circumstances for the purposes of subsection (3), those circumstances may be so regarded by them despite the fact that similar circumstances have been so regarded by them in the context of any other licence or licences.'.

No. 24, in line 10, leave out who submitted the highest bid,' and insert

to whom (apart from this subsection) they would award the licence in accordance with the preceding provisions of this section,'. No. 25, in line 13, leave out granted' and insert awarded'. No. 26, in line 33, leave out person who submitted the highest bid,' and insert

applicant to whom (apart from any such requirement) they would have awarded it in accordance with the preceding provisions of this section,'.

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No. 27, in line 35, at end insert

and any such rules may provide for the awarding of licences by reference to orders of preference notified to the Commission by applicants at the time of making their applications.'.

No. 28, in line 40, leave out

the applicant who submitted the highest bid'

and insert an applicant'.

No. 29, in line 41, leave out from if' to end of line 46 and insert

that person had not made an application for the licence.'. No. 30, in line 48, at end insert

as soon as reasonably practicable after awarding the licence'. No. 31, in page 16, line 1, leave out

"as soon as is reasonably practicable'.

No. 32, in line 9, leave out and'.

No. 33, in line 11, leave out

other than the one who'

and insert who has not'.

No. 34, in line 13, at end insert

; and

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