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Amendments proposed to the Communications Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Andrew Lansley

Page 286, line 41, leave out Clause 336.

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

471

Schedule 14, page 408, line 37, leave out from beginning to end of line 5 on page 411.

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

475

Schedule 14, page 411, line 4, leave out paragraph 6.

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

476

Schedule 14, page 411, line 4, leave out 'or otherwise modify'.

Nick Harvey
Mr Richard Allan

406

Schedule 14, page 411, line 5, at end insert—

'Part 1A

Channel 5 Licences

Ban on newspaper proprietors holding a Channel 5 licence

6A (1) A person is not to hold a Channel 5 licence if—

(a) he runs a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent. or more; or

(b) he runs national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent. or more.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, each of the following shall be treated as holding a Channel 5 licence—

(a) the actual licence holder; and

(b) every person connected with the actual licence holder.

(3) The provisions of paragraphs 2 to 4 of this Schedule shall apply for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule insofar as they relate to national newspapers as if a Channel 5 licence were a licence to provide a Channel 3 service.'.

Nick Harvey
Mr Richard Allan

632

Schedule 14, page 411, line 5, at end insert—

'Part 1A

Restriction on holding of licences to provide Channel 3 services or
Channel 5

6A No one person may at any time hold a licence to provide a Channel 3 service and a licence to provide Channel 5.'.

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

472

Schedule 14, page 412, line 37, leave out sub-sub-paragraph (e).

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

473

Schedule 14, page 412, line 39, leave out sub-sub-paragraph (f).

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

474

Schedule 14, page 414, line 38, leave out sub-paragraph (4).

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

478

Schedule 14, page 416, line 33, leave out sub-paragraph (1).

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

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 John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

257

Clause 338, page 288, line 25, leave out '40 per cent.' and insert '60 per cent.'.

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

258

Clause 338, page 288, line 42, at end insert—

'(4A) It shall be the duty of OFCOM to carry out a review of the operation of the provisions of subsections (8) to (11) of section 32 of the 1990 Act no later than 12 months after the commencement of this section.'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

550

Clause 339, page 289, line 3, leave out 'regional'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

551

Clause 339, page 289, line 13, leave out 'regional'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

552

Clause 339, page 289, line 19, leave out '(4) and' and insert '(3A) to'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

553

Clause 339, page 289, line 21, at end insert—

'(3A) The matters mentioned in this subsection are—

(a)	the extent to which time available for broadcasting programmes included in the service is allocated to programmes of each of the following descriptions—

(i)	original productions;

(ii)	news programmes; and

(iii)

current affairs programmes;

(b)	the extent to which programmes of each of those descriptions that are included in the service are broadcast at peak viewing times.

(3B) The matters mentioned in this subsection are—

(a)	the extent to which Channel 3 programmes made in the United Kingdom that are included in the service are programmes made outside the M25 area;

(b)	the range of Channel 3 programmes made in the United Kingdom outside that area that are included in the service;

(c)	the extent to which the expenditure of the provider of the service on Channel 3 programmes is referable to programme production at different production centres outside the M25 area;

(d)	the range of different such production centres to which that expenditure is referable.'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

554

Clause 339, page 289, line 23, leave out 'or' and insert 'and'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

555

Clause 339, page 289, line 24, leave out 'or' and insert 'and'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

556

Clause 339, page 289, line 25, leave out 'or'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

557

Clause 339, page 289, line 26, leave out 'or' and insert 'and'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

558

Clause 339, page 289, line 32, leave out 'or' and insert 'and'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

559

Clause 339, page 289, line 42, at end insert—

'(5A) In relation to a national Channel 3 service, subsections (3) to (5) have effect as if—

(a)	subsection (3B) applied only where the service is subject to conditions imposed by virtue of a decision of OFCOM under section 276(2) or OFCOM otherwise consider, having regard to the nature of the service, that it is appropriate to consider the matters mentioned in that subsection;

(b)	references to regional programmes were references to programmes which are regional programmes (within the meaning of section 277) in relation to that service and are included in it in accordance with a condition imposed under subsection (4)(a) of that section;

(c)	references to the regional character of the service were references to the regional character of parts of the service;

(d)	subsection (4)(c) of this section were omitted; and

(e)	references, in relation to programmes such as are mentioned in paragraph (b), to the area for which the service is provided were references to the part of that area where the people are living to whom those programmes are likely to be of particular interest.'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

560

Clause 339, page 290, line 1, at end insert—

'"Channel 3 programmes" and "expenditure" each has the same meaning as in section 276;

"original production" has the same meaning as in section 270;

"peak viewing time"—

(a)	in relation to original productions, means a time determined by OFCOM for the purposes of section 270 to be a peak viewing time for the service in question; and

(b)	in relation to news programmes or current affairs programmes, means a time so determined for the purposes of section 271.'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

561

Clause 339, page 290, line 2, leave out 'regional Channel 3 service, means' and insert 'Channel 3 service, means (subject to subsection (5A))'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

562

Clause 339, page 290, line 11, leave out 'regional'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

563

Clause 340, page 290, line 25, leave out 'subsection' and insert 'subsections (3A) to'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

564

Clause 340, page 290, line 35, after 'service', insert 'or (as the case may be) of any parts of it'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

565

Clause 340, page 290, line 45, leave out from 'throughout' to end of line 10 on page 291 and insert 'the twelve months immediately before the relevant date.'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

566

Clause 341, page 292, line 6, leave out 'or' and insert 'and'.

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

567

Clause 341, page 292, line 7, leave out 'and'.

Mr Andrew Lansley

600

Clause 343, page 293, leave out lines 34 to 36 and insert—

'the words "to achieve the result that the affairs of the body are conducted in accordance with his wishes" shall be omitted and there shall be substituted "to control or materially to influence the policy of the body";'.