Does the Minister agree that in future, in the event that the Government interfere, as they have done twice in recent years, and require the BBC to spend its licence funding in some other way, it would be appropriate for Parliament to discuss that before the measure goes forward?
Digital Economy Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Birt
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 8 February 2017.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Digital Economy Bill.
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Reference
778 c1748
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Timestamp
2017-02-13 15:36:51 +0000
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