I welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to shaping the digital world to ensure that no one is left behind. Is she aware that those who are deaf or who have hearing loss are being excluded by the lack of subtitling? That is required on linear television, but it is not provided on the vast majority of on-demand services. Will she look at that exclusion? There is a huge opportunity to amend the Bill, so will she think again about extending the Communications Act 2003 to include the deaf and those with hearing loss?
Digital Economy Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lilian Greenwood
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 September 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Digital Economy Bill.
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