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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 21st January 2003

STANDING COMMITTEE E


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

COMMUNICATIONS BILL

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [10th December].

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Simon Thomas
Nick Harvey

465

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

   

Mr Richard Allan
Mr Simon Thomas
Nick Harvey

466

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

   

Nick Harvey
Mr Richard Allan

506

Clause     256,     page     224,     line     22,     at end insert 'that complies with the impartiality requirements of section 308 relating to television broadcasting services and teletext 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
Mr Simon Thomas

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
Mr Simon Thomas
Nick Harvey

467

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 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.'.

   

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'.

   

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'.

   

Nick Harvey
Mr Richard Allan

528

Clause     257,     page     225,     line     46,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   In fulfilling the public service remit under subsection (2), every Channel 3 service shall have regard to the need for Channel 3 services (taken together as a network) to provide distinct regional programming, including regional programme production.'.


   

Nick Harvey
Mr Richard Allan

507

Clause     258,     page     226,     line     29,     leave out 'and'.

   

Nick Harvey
Mr Richard Allan

508

Clause     258,     page     226,     line     31,     and end insert '; and

    (c)   the provider will comply with the standards set by OFCOM's code under section 307 relating to the impartiality requirements of section 308.'.

   

Nick Harvey
Mr Richard Allan

513

Clause     258,     page     226,     line     35,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   Every report prepared under subsection (3) shall include—

      (a) an account of the handling and resolution of all complaints received by the provider of the channel that are not handled or resolved by procedures established by OFCOM in accordance with section 313(2); and

      (b) a particular account of the handling and resolution of complaints specified in paragraph (a) about compliance with the standards set by OFCOM's code under section 307 relating to the impartiality requirements of section 308.'.


   

Mr Simon Thomas
Mr Richard Allan
Nick Harvey

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.


   

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.'.

   

Brian White

491

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

      '(g) any local digital television service;

      (h) any access radio service'.

   

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;'.

   

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.'.


   

Nick Harvey
Mr Richard Allan

527

Clause     71,     page     70,     line     11,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   It shall be the duty of OFCOM, when setting access-related conditions under section 69(5), and ensuring that the conditions are set in accordance with subsection (2)(b) (and in particular the first indent to sub-paragraph (b) of Part 1 to Annex 1 to the Access Directive), that the factors listed in subsection (2B) are taken into account.

    (2B)   The factors referred to in subsection (2A) are—

      (a) achievement of any of the three objectives specified in section 264 or 265 or of any corresponding objectives in relation to the BBC, or the imposition of any obligation pursuant to section 264 or 265, or any corresponding obligation imposed on the BBC, whether (in the case of the BBC) corresponding objectives or corresponding obligations arise under such an agreement as is referred to in section 193 or otherwise;

      (b) the extent, if any, to which a person to whom such a conditional access system is to be provided requires the use of such a system—

      (i) to achieve an objective or to secure the discharge of an obligation of the kind referred to in paragraph (a); or

      (ii) to achieve objectives or secure the discharge of an obligation imposed on it pursuant to its licence or, in the case of the BBC, pursuant to objectives or obligations laid down in its Charter or pursuant to the agreement referred to in section 193; and

      (c) the extent, if any, to which the use of such a system by the person to whom such a system is to be supplied confers a benefit on the provider of such a system or on any other person having a commercial interest in such provider.'.


   

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

452

Clause     264,     page     234,     line     14,     at end add—

    '(11)   Any agreement made (whether before or after the coming into force of this section) between the BBC and Secretary of State to regulate the provision 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

595

Clause     265,     page     234,     line     26,     leave out 'to be broadcast'.

   

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

596

Clause     265,     page     234,     line     26,     leave out 'that is' and insert 'over which broadcasts are'.

   

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

597

Clause     265,     page     234,     line     33,     leave out 'broadcast so as to be'.

   

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

598

Clause     265,     page     235,     line     29,     after 'form', insert 'in the United Kingdom'.

 
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