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Amendments proposed to the Communications Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Brian White

493

*Clause 238, page 210, leave out lines 30 to 33.

Mr Brian White

494

*Clause 238, page 210, line 33, at end insert—

'(7A) An order under this section in relation to a description of such services may, in particular, prescribe services to be provided primarily for the good of members of the public or of a particular community, rather than for commercial reasons;').

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

434

Clause 247, page 216, line 12, at end insert—

'(2A) An application under subsection (1) may only be made in the period which—

(a)	begins three years before the date on which the licence would otherwise expire; and

(b)	ends three months before the day that OFCOM have determined to be the day by which they would need to publish a notice under section 98(1) or 104(1) of the 1990 Act if they were proposing to grant a fresh licence to take effect from that date.

(2B) A determination for the purposes of subsection (2A)(b)—

(a)	must be made at least one year before the day determined; and

(b)	must be notified by OFCOM to the person who holds the licence in question.'.

Mr Brian White

495

*Clause 254, page 221, line 31, leave out 'access' and insert 'community'.

Mr Brian White

496

*Clause 254, page 221, line 32, leave out 'access' and insert 'community'.

Mr Brian White

497

*Clause 254, page 222, leave out lines 7 to 10.

Brian White

490

*Clause 254, page 222, line 7, leave out from 'services' to 'the' in line 8, and insert 'shall prohibit'.

Mr Brian White
Richard Allen

502A

*Page 221, line 32, leave out Clause 254.

Mr Richard Allan

464

*Clause 256, page 223, line 17, leave out 'five', and insert 'three'.

Mr Richard Allan

465

*Clause 256, page 223, line 38, after 'services' insert 'and related internet information services'.

Mr Richard Allan

466

*Clause 256, page 224, line 11, after 'together)' insert 'and related internet information services'.

John Robertson
Mr Parmjit Dhanda

392

Clause 256, page 224, line 41, leave out from 'include' to 'proportion' in line 42 and insert 'a wide range and a substantial'.

Mr Simon Thomas

346

Clause 256, page 224, leave out lines 42 and 43 and insert 'a wide range and substantial proportion of programmes made in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom outside the M25 area'.

Mr Andrew Lansley

303

Clause 257, page 225, line 43, leave out subsection (2) and insert—

'(2) The public service remit for every Channel 3 service is the provision of a range of high quality and diverse programming which, in particular, makes a significant contribution to meeting the need for the licensed public service channels to reflect the tastes and interests of different communities and cultural traditions within nations and regions of the United Kingdom.

(2A) The public service remit for Channel 5 is the provision of a range of high quality and diverse programming.'.

Mr Richard Allan

467

*Clause 257, page 225, line 43, leave out subsection (2) and insert—

'The public service remit for every Channel 3 service is the provision of a broad range of high quality and diverse programming, including factual and entertainment programmes, in a manner which:

(a)	satisfies the tastes and interests of the part of the United Kingdom for which that service is licensed, and

(b)	reflects the regional diversity of the United Kingdom.'

John Robertson
Mr Parmjit Dhanda

393

Clause 257, page 225, line 46, at end insert 'including, in respect of Channel 3, a substantial proportion of programmes made outside the M25 area'.

Mr Simon Thomas

347

Clause 257, page 225, line 46, at end insert 'including, in respect of Channel 3, a substantial proportion of programmes made in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom outside the M25 area'.

Mr Simon Thomas
Mr Richard Allan

348

Clause 262, page 230, line 24, leave out from 'serious' to 'and' in line 25.

Mr Simon Thomas

349

Page 231, line 46, leave out Clause 263.

Mr Brian White

503

*Clause 60, page 60, line 25, after 'form', insert ', is comprised in the Home Services as defined in the BBC Charter'.

Mr Simon Thomas

212

Clause 60, page 60, line 31, at end insert—

'(g)	television services for the deaf and visually impaired so far as provided in digital form.'.

Mr Brian White

491

*Clause 60, page 60, line 31, at end insert—

'(g)	any local digital television service

(h)	any access radio service'.

Mr Brian White

504

*Clause 60, page 61, leave out lines 4 and 5 and insert—

'(a)	the extent to which the service contributes to the purposes of public service television broadcasting;'.

Mr Brian White

505

*Clause 60, page 61, line 16, at end insert—

'(e)

in determining whether it is appropriate for the purposes of subsection (6) to add a service to the list of must-carry services, the Secretary of State must, in having regard to the matters specified in subsection (7)(c) and subsection (7)(d), have regard to any representations made by a provider of a network to which conditions set in accordance with this section apply, concerning the ability of that provider to use the capacity for broadcasting or transmitting the service by means of that network for another purpose and, in particular, the ability of that provider to derive income from the use of the capacity for another purpose.'.

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

452

*Clause 264, page 234, line 14, at end insert—

'( ) Any agreement made (whether before or after the coming into force of this section) between the BBC and Secretary of State to regulate the provisions of the BBC's services shall contain such conditions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for securing the three objectives set out in this section in respect of every service of television programmes provided by the BBC.'.

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

453

*Clause 265, page 235, line 33, at end insert—

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

451

*Clause 266, page 237, line 15, leave out subsection 11 and insert—

'(11) An order under section 395 must not appoint a day for provisions of this section to come into force that falls—

(a)	less than six months after the day on which the order is made;

(b)	more than six months before digital switchover.

(12) In this section a reference to digital switchover is a reference to the date fixed by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section as the date which appears to him to be the date after which none of the licensed public service channels will broadcast to any significant extent in analogue form.'.

John Robertson
Mr Parmjit Dhanda

394

Clause 270, page 238, line 35, leave out from 'is' to 'proportion' in line 36 and insert 'a substantial and significant'.

Mr Simon Thomas

350

Clause 270, page 238, line 36, leave out 'an appropriate' and insert 'a substantial and significant'.

Mr Simon Thomas

351

Clause 271, page 239, line 45, after 'matters', insert 'and, in respect of Channel 3, matters pertaining to the regions and nations of the United Kingdom'.

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

252

Page 240, line 35, leave out Clause 272.