Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill

I hear what you say, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and I have made my point as effectively as I could. I return to my original submission about the amendments, which provides local authorities with the power to give information to the BBC if it requests it, to help registered blind and partially sighted people. The Minister detained me for a considerable time on the issue of costs, through his numerous interventions on me, so he may have forgotten that I asked him some important questions about whether, under the amendments, someone who is certified blind is eligible to receive help. I also asked whether someone who is neither certified nor registered blind, but still needs help—some 75,000 such people have been identified—would be eligible. In all other respects, we support the amendments, even though we cannot discuss their financial implications.