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Mr John Whittingdale 207 Clause 312, page 269, line 26, leave out 'After publishing the' and insert 'In the preparation of any'.
Mr John Whittingdale 208 Clause 312, page 270, line 6, leave out 'professional organisations' and insert 'organisations, bodies and associations'.
Mr John Whittingdale 209 Clause 313, page 271, line 8, leave out 'themselves'.
Mr Simon Thomas 192 Clause 322, page 278, line 6, at end insert
Michael Fabricant 235 Schedule 12, page 387, line 8, at end insert'1A(1) It shall be the duty of the BBC to secure that, in each relevant period, not less than the prescribed percentage of the total amount of time allocated to the broadcasting of qualifying programmes in the radio broadcasting services provided by them is allocated to the broadcasting of a range and diversity of independent productions. (2) In subparagraph (1)
(4) OFCOM shall, in each relevant period, make a report to the Secretary of State on the extent to which the BBC have performed their duty under subparagraph (1) above in that period.'.
Mr Simon Thomas 194 Schedule 12, page 387, line 33, at end insert'(2A) In subsubparagraph (2)(b), "mainly" means at least 75 per cent.'.
Mr Simon Thomas 193 Clause 329, page 282, line 41, leave out '£250,000' and insert '£10,000'.
Mr Andrew Lansley 21 Clause 335, page 285, line 12, leave out paragraph (b).
Mr John Whittingdale 229 Clause 335, page 285, leave out line 12 and insert
Mr John Whittingdale 230 Clause 335, page 285, line 13, leave out subsections (2) and (3).
Mr John Whittingdale 231 Clause 335, page 286, line 30, leave out subsections (5), (6) and (7).
Mr Andrew Lansley 20 Page 286, line 41, leave out Clause 336.
Mr John Whittingdale 44 Clause 338, page 288, line 24, leave out subsections (1) and (2) and insert'(1) Subsection (9) of section 32 of the 1990 Act (limits on participation in nominated news providers) shall cease to have effect.'
Mr Andrew Lansley 17 Clause 347, page 296, line 38, leave out 'three' and insert 'two'.
Mr Andrew Lansley 18 Clause 347, page 296, line 38, leave out 'to (5)' and insert 'and (4)'.
Mr Andrew Lansley 19 Clause 347, page 296, line 43, leave out 'a selection' and insert 'a sequence of at least two selections'.
Mr Andrew Lansley 16 Clause 347, page 297, line 3, leave out subsection (5).
Nick Harvey 210 Clause 348, page 299, line 10, at end insert'"must-distribute services" means the services for the time being listed in section [conditions applying to satellite packagers];'
Nick Harvey 211 Clause 348, page 300, line 8, at end insert'"satellite package" and "satellite packager" are to be construed in accordance with section [definition of satellite packaging];'
Mr John Whittingdale 122 Clause 355, page 307, line 7, at end add'(4) OFCOM's competition functions should form part of the review of regulatory burdens by OFCOM as described in section 6.'.
Mr Andrew Lansley 24 Clause 364, page 312, line 41, at end insert'(3CC) The condition in subsection (3C) will not be satisfied if, in relation to the supply of newspapers of any description considered, the total circulation of those newspapers does not exceed 50,000 on a daily or a weekly basis as appropriate.'.
Mr Andrew Lansley 25 Clause 377, page 320, line 25, at end insert 'and broadcast radio and television services'.
Mr Andrew Lansley 26 Clause 377, page 320, line 36, at end insert'(4A) Any report to the Secretary of State on a review carried out prior to the coming into force of section [broadcasting public interest considerations] must set out OFCOM's recommendations on whether that section ought to be brought into force. (4B) Any report to the Secretary of State on a review carried out after the coming into force of section [broadcasting public interest considerations] must set out OFCOM's recommendations on the exercise by the Secretary of State of his powers under Part 3 of the Enterprise Act in connection with broadcast radio and television services.'.
Mr John Whittingdale 123 Schedule 17, page 472, line 42, at end insert
'Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 36A In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments and authorities subject to investigation), there shall be inserted (at the appropriate place in alphabetical order) the following entry
Mr John Whittingdale 45 Schedule 19, page 531, line 7, at end insert'Section 32(9).'.
Mr Andrew Lansley 170 Schedule 19, page 533, leave out line 40.
NEW CLAUSESBroadcasting public interest considerations
Mr Andrew Lansley NC1 To move the following Clause:'(1) Section 58 of the Enterprise Act (c. 40) (specified considerations) shall be amended as follows. (2) After subsection (2), there shall be inserted
(2B) The need for, to the extent that it is reasonable and practicable, a plurality of views in broadcasting television and radio services is specified in this section.".'.
Duty to establish and maintain Competition Board
Mr John Whittingdale NC2 To move the following Clause:'(1) It shall be the duty of OFCOM to establish and maintain a committee to be known as "the Competition Board". (2) The Competition Board shall consist of
(4) Before appointing a person to be chairman or another member of the Competition Board, OFCOM must satisfy themselves that he will not have any direct financial or other interest which would be likely prejudicially to affect the carrying out by him of any of his functions as chairman or member of the Competition Board.'.
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