I support the suggestion of my noble friend Lord Astor that the National Audit Office should look at this matter. I talked about this earlier in another debate. I believe that spending £600 million helping the disadvantaged has absolutely nothing to do with editorial independence.
Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Howard of Rising
(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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2006-07
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House of Lords Grand Committee
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