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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 25 July 2000.

WEDNESDAY 17 MAY 2000

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Present:

Brooke of Alverthorpe, L
     (Chairman)
Brookeborough, V
Cavendish of Furness, L
Chadlington, L
Faulkner of Worcester, L
O'Cathain, B
Paul, L
Sandberg, L
Skelmersdale, L
Woolmer of Leeds, L@/UL



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CONTENTS


Memorandum by Reuters Ltd

Supplementary memorandum by Reuters Ltd

Creating the world's most competitive telecoms environment



Examination of Witnesses


MR PHILIP SAYER, Global Communications Director, and MR BEN WILSON, Public Affairs Assistant, Reuters Ltd, called in and examined.


Question Number

852 - 859

860 - 872





Further supplementary memorandum by Reuters Ltd on the Cross-Border Regulation of Financial Services E-Commerce

Further supplementary memorandum by Reuters Ltd (Text taken from the e-mail of Ben Wilson (Public Affairs Assistant) of 25 May)

Letter to Lord Haskins, Chairman, The Better Regulation Task Force, from Henry Manisty, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Reuters

Further supplementary memorandum by Reuters Ltd (text taken from e-mails of Ben Wilson (Public Affairs Assistant) of 20 June)

Letter to Justin Wray, HM Treasury, from Henry Manisty, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Reuters Ltd, supplied for information

Suggested e-commerce relevant amendments to Exemptions and Regulated Activities Orders

Further supplementary memorandum by Reuters Ltd (text taken from e-mail of Ben Wilson (Public Affairs Assistant) of 6 July)

Annex A

All-inclusive Internet plans available from selected European Incumbent Opreators' ISPs

GLOBAL REGULATORY BRIEFING

Memorandum by the Department of Trade and Industry




Examination of Witnesses


MS PATRICIA HEWITT, a Member of the House of Commons, Minister of State for Small Business and e-Commerce, MR DAVID LOVE, Director, International Communications Policy, Communications and Information Industries Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry, and MR ALEX ALLAN, E-Envoy, Cabinet Office, called in and examined.


Question Number

873 - 879

880 - 899

900 - 912




Examination of Witnesses


Mr Alex Allan, E-Envoy, MR GERRY GAVIGAN, Cabinet Office, and MR CHRIS PARKER, Cabinet Office, called in and examined.


Question Number

913 - 919

920 - 934



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