I am grateful to the Minister for his response, but it raises as many questions as it answers. If I heard him correctly, he said that the BBC will not hold the information directly. Following the logic of that argument, one could delete Clause 1(4)(a) because there will be a company in which the BBC or the Secretary of State or their nominee holds at least 51 per cent.
Clause 1(4)(c) states, "““any person who is engaged by the BBC””."
Does that mean any relevant person or does it mean any other person? It is not clear who is being referred to because one company will undertake this process.
Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Viscount Astor
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 22 March 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill.
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