Amendments proposed to the Communications Bill - continued | House of Commons |
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Broadcasting 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.'.
Functions of the Competition Board
Mr John Whittingdale NC3 To move the following Clause:'(1) The functions conferred on the Competition Board must include, to such an extent and subject to such restrictions and approvals as OFCOM may determine, the carrying out on OFCOM's behalf of
Duty to establish and maintain Economic Panel
Mr John Whittingdale NC4 To move the following Clause:'(1) It shall be the duty of OFCOM, in accordance with the following provisions of this section, to exercise their powers under paragraph 14 of the Schedule to the Office of Communications Act 2002 (c. 11) to establish and maintain a committee to be known as "the Economic Panel" to give advice to OFCOM on economic theory and practice in relation to the exercise of their functions under this Act and, in particular, in relation to the following matters
(3) It shall be the duty of OFCOM, in the carrying out of their functions, to consider and, to such extent as they think appropriate, to have regard to
Function of promoting inclusive design
Mr John Whittingdale NC5 To move the following Clause:'(1) It shall be the duty of OFCOM to take such steps, and to enter into such arrangements, as appear to them calculated
(3) References in this section to electronic communications services includes websites.'.
Duty to publish and meet openness standards
Mr John Whittingdale NC6 To move the following Clause:'(1) It shall be the duty of OFCOM to publish a statement setting out the standards they are proposing to meet with respect to openness in
(3) It shall be the duty of OFCOM in carrying out their functions to have regard to the statement for the time being in force under this section. (4) Where OFCOM revise a statement under this section, they must publish the revision as soon as practicable. (5) The publication under this section of a statement, or of a revision of a statement, must be in such manner as OFCOM consider appropriate for bringing it to the attention of the persons who, in their opinion, are likely to be affected by the matters to which it relates. (6) OFCOM's report under paragraph 12 of the Schedule to the Office of Communications Act 2002 (c. 11) (annual report) for each financial year must contain a statement by OFCOM summarising the extent to which they have complied during that year with the standards set out under this section.'.
Industry consultation
Mr John Whittingdale NC7 To move the following Clause:'(1) It shall be the duty of OFCOM to establish and maintain effective arrangements for consultation about the carrying out of their functions with
(3) It shall be the duty of OFCOM, in the carrying out of their functions, to consider and, to such extent as they think appropriate, to have regard to the views given to OFCOM by the Industry Consultative Panel. (4) The members of the Industry Panel shall be appointed by OFCOM and shall comprise a chairman and such other members as OFCOM may determine.'.
Duty to establish and maintain National Advisory Committees
Mr Simon Thomas NC8 To move the following Clause:'(1) It shall be the duty of OFCOM to establish and maintain National Advisory Committees for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. (2) The Chair and membership of these committees shall be appointed by the Secretary of State. (3) In making such appointments in respect of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State shall seek nominations from the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly respectively. (4) The National Advisory Committees may review all of OFCOM's work in respect of their individual territories. (5) The National Advisory Committees may issue such recommendations to OFCOM or the Secretary of State with respect to their territories as they see fit. (6) The National Advisory Committees shall produce an annual report on their activities.'.
Definition of satellite packaging
Nick Harvey NC9 To move the following Clause:'(1) For the purposes of Part 3
(3) In this section "satellite television service" means a service which
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