Joint Committee on Draft Communications Bill - Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 25 July 2002.
CONTENTS
REPORT
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: THE FRAMEWORK
FOR THE NEW REGULATOR
(i) The general duties
of OFCOM
(ii) The structure and
functions of OFCOM
(b) The Content Board
and media literacy
(c) The Consumer Panel
(d) The economic dimension
(e) Employment and training
(f) Representation of
nations and regions
(iii) Better Regulation?
(a) The framework
for better regulation
(b) The level of regulation
(c) Self-regulation
(d) Regulatory impact
and charging
(e) Promptness standards
(f) Transparency
(g) Accountability
(iv) The transition to
and culture of OFCOM
(v) OFCOM and the Secretaries
of State
CHAPTER 3: ECONOMIC REGULATION
(i) The importance
of economic regulation
(ii) Regulation of networks
and services
(a) Implementing
the EC Directives
(b) The scope of networks,
services and associated facilities
(c) Designation, notification,
condition-setting and enforcement
(d) "Must carry"
/ "must offer" / "must distribute"
(e) Universal service
conditions
(f) Access-related conditions
(g) Significant market
power conditions
(iii) Spectrum use and
management
(iv) Appeals
(v) Competition law
(a) The state of
competition law
(b) The balance of sector-specific
and competition law powers
(c) Competition law and
broadcasting
CHAPTER 4: MEDIA OWNERSHIP
(i) Media ownership
controls and competition law
(ii) Specific restrictions
on ownership
(iii) Restrictions on
religious ownership
(iv) Restrictions on
nationality of ownership
(v) Ownership of Channel
3 licences and Channel 5
(vi) Radio ownership
and regional cross-media ownership
(vii) Newspaper mergers
(viii) Parliamentary
control over legislative change
CHAPTER 5: CONTENT REGULATION
(i) The scope of
the licensed sector
(ii) Standards codes
and complaints procedures
(iii) The regulation
of commercial radio
(iv) Access radio and
local television
(v) Television services
for the deaf and visually impaired
(vi) Government powers
in relation to broadcast content
(vii) The economics and
regulation of content production
(viii) The public service
broadcasting remit and the remits and regulation of commercial
public service broadcasters
(ix) The remit and regulation
of S4C
(x) Gaelic broadcasting
(xi) OFCOM and the BBC
CHAPTER 6: FURTHER CONCLUSIONS
(i) The resilience
and adaptability of the proposed legislation
(ii) The merits, limits
and future of pre-legislative scrutiny
CHAPTER 7: SUMMARY OF
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX 1: Members, Advisers and Declared Interests
ANNEX 2: Press Notice 2
ANNEX 3: Note of discussion meeting 27 June
by Phil Kirby, Specialist Adviser:
ANNEX 4: Implications for Investment:
ANNEX 5: Review of Online Forum
ANNEX 6: House of Lords Select Committee
on Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform
APPENDIX 2
APPENDIX 3
ANNEX 7: House of Lords Select Committee
on the Constitution
ANNEX 8: Report by Peter Kiddle OBE, Specialist
Adviser on Radio and Radio Spectrum Issues in relation to the
draft Communications Bill
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO
THE REPORT
VOLUME II - MINUTES OF EVIDENCE WITH APPENDICES
Thursday 23 May 2002
Monday 27 May 2002
Monday 10 June 2002
Thursday 13 June 2002
Monday 17 June 2002
Thursday 20 June 2002
Monday 24 June 2002
Thursday 27 June 2002
Thursday 4 July 2002
Monday 8 July 2002
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
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