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Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill

Let me try to help the hon. Gentleman. The Bill is about the disclosure of information. We have estimates of the costs on the best authority from the organisations that work with these particular individuals. I have given the House an undertaking about what will happen if the costs turn out to be considerably greater than the estimates. It is thus not entirely appropriate, given the confines of the amendments and the Bill, for the hon. Gentleman to delay the House with a consideration of something that I have offered to discuss with him outside the House. I have assured the House that if the costs exceed the estimates, we have in place a mechanism to assist the organisations that will be out of pocket. The scheme is designed to enable information to be disclosed, and the amendments will allow precisely that.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
456 c54-5 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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