Deregulation Bill

My Lords, I rise with reluctance to oppose the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe o...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. I have just one simple question. I do not thi...

The amendment is about the fact that the status quo remains until the renewal of the charter in 2...

My Lords, I support the amendment, despite the fact that I have considerable sympathy with the ar...

My Lords, I am a producer at the BBC and I support this amendment. I want to emphasise and suppor...

My Lords, I support the amendment. I spoke on this matter in Committee, when the noble Viscount, ...

My Lords, first, I declare an interest as a former employee of the BBC and a former chairman of t...

My Lords, I agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Grade, has just said and want to deal briefly wi...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Rooker. As only the fourth spear-carrier on this amen...

My Lords, I strongly agree with what my noble friend Lord Grade said. I am entirely sympathetic t...

My Lords, I did not intend to speak in this debate but, having listened to those who have, I am i...

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Howe. I declare an interest a...

I rise to join the chorus in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Howe. This is part of a much wid...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a former governor of the BBC. I recall charter renewal as a lo...

My Lords, I thank all speakers for contributing to this debate and make special mention of the no...

Before the noble Lord sits down, is there any reason why, in the mean time, an amendment to the a...

I am very flattered to be invited by the noble and learned Lord to reflect on what he has said, w...

My Lords, this has been an extremely interesting debate and comes, as your Lordships’ debates so ...

The answer to that is: because it would cause massive unpredictability at the time as no one woul...

Our overriding aim is to ensure that the system is appropriate, proportionate and fair and repres...

My Lords, I have listened very carefully to what my noble friend has said. Basically, if he is sa...

It is why I emphasised particularly that this piece of work should be seen as running alongside a...

Before the Minister sits down, could I be absolutely clear that the Government’s position in resi...

I say to your Lordships what I said before: the review being undertaken on this matter is particu...

Before my noble friend sits down, I have listened to the whole of this discussion and it seems to...

I may have to think about what my noble friend is referring to. He has his own way of seeking to ...

May I assume that the nutcracker which the Minister has just experienced from the two noble Lords...

My Lords, all I am saying is that I am not going to prejudge the review which was established to ...

My Lords, just to knock things on the head before the Minister sits down, can he confirm that, de...

The Government are utterly consistent in their approach.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his attempts to persuade me and many others that our amendment...