MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
TAKEN BEFORE THE BROADCASTING COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY 15 JULY 1998
Members present:
Mr Roger Gale
Mr Barry Gardiner
Mr David Lepper
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Mr Stephen Pound
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
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In the absence of the Chairman, Mr Gale was called to the Chair
CONTENTS
Memorandum submitted by Telewest, General
Cable and Cable & Wireless Communications
ANNEX 1
The Parliamentary Channel
History of the Parliamentary Channel
ANNEX 2
Flextech PLC
Memorandum submitted by NTL
Examination of witnesses
MR MALCOLM
TAYLOR, Director of Regulatory
and Public Policy, Telewest Communications, MS
CHRISTINE MITCHELL,
Director of Programming, General Cable, MR
GRAEME STANLEY,
Director of Programming, Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC),
and MR STEVEN
WAGNER, Group Managing Director,
and MR PHIL
KIRBY, Director of Public Policy,
National Transcommunications Ltd (NTL), examined.
Question Number
1 - 19
20 - 39
40 - 57
Memorandum submitted by the BBC
Examination of witnesses
MS MIRANDA
CURTIS, General Manager, The Parliamentary
Channel, Flextech PLC, and MS
JENNY ABRAMSKY,
Director, Continuous News and MR
DOMINIC MORRIS,
Controller, Policy Development, The BBC, examined.
Question Number
58 - 79
80 - 99
100 - 112
APPENDIX 1
Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from
the Director of Programming, General Cable
APPENDIX 2
Supplementary memorandum submitted by Telewest,
General Cable and Cable and Wireless Communications
ANNEX 1
ANNEX 2
APPENDIX 3
Letter to Mr Roger Gale MP from the Chairman
of the BBC
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