Digital Economy Bill

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Benjamin. It is clearly of paramount importance that our...

My Lords, I support Amendment 229 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, who I congrat...

My Lords, I am in the awkward position of being unable to give this my full support, which I very...

My Lords, I am very pleased to speak in support of Amendment 229, to which I have added my name, ...

My Lords, Amendment 229 addresses the important issue of children’s television, something that I ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I also thank all noble Lords who have supported ...

Moved by

Lord Puttnam

229ZA: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause—

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My Lords, in speaking to the two amendments that stand in my name, I should first declare my inte...

My Lords, my name is also attached to these amendments, and I support the noble Lord, Lord Puttna...

My Lords, I support this amendment. I remember well—and the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam has reminded...

My Lords, this has been a very important debate on a very big issue. Its sharpness has been reinf...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this important debate. It is good to hav...

I thank the Minister for going through this in so much detail. The issue raised in the first part...

The Government do not accept that there is a difficulty in this. The important issue is that the ...

What I believe the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, is saying, and it is very important, is that there...

I am going to wait for a reply on that. I would like to be able to respond tonight, rather than s...

I think that we all deserve to be very clear about this: can we be sure that the Secretary of Sta...

There is nothing coming from the Box—I think that I will have to come back to this point.

O...

I thank the noble Baroness for an extremely full response. Perhaps I may say several things. Firs...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

229ZC: After Clause 84, insert the following new...

My Lords, this amendment deals with the preparations that will need to be made should we be in th...

My Lords, it is four years after the Leveson inquiry, and I certainly believe that Section 40 of ...

My Lords, I am obliged to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for expressing this amendment and also ...

I thank the noble and learned Lord for his full response. I am sorry that he guessed the plot rat...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

230: After Clause 87, insert the following new C...

My Lords, before I introduce the amendment, I wonder whether we could reflect on the fact that we...

My Lords, I support the seven amendments in this group spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenso...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Moynihan. I shall s...

I am very grateful to the noble Lord for giving way because it gives me the opportunity of declar...

I thank the noble Lord for that. I will not go into the detail—it has been very well described by...

My Lords, I support Amendments 230 and 231, to which my noble friends Lord Clement-Jones and Lord...

My Lords, I too would, of course, like to pay tribute, on behalf of the Government, to Baroness H...

I am glad the Minister has mentioned the work of the CMA, but is he aware, as I hope he is, that ...

I agree with the noble Lord on that. The fact is that the enforcement activity is under way. We t...

I am sorry to press the Minister further even at this late hour, but I do not quite understand. P...

I am afraid I do not know what the timescale is. Obviously there will be a conclusion, but I do n...

Glass half full or glass half empty? I am not quite sure what to make of that. Sometimes the Mini...

Of course, as I said right at the beginning on day one, I am always open to meeting the noble Lor...

I am heartened by that and, on that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

232: After Clause 87, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I will try to be brief because the hour is late. I should also say that this amendment ...

My Lords, I begin by apologising to the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Llandaff, that she is, for...

I thank the Minister for that reply and for welcoming the spirit of the amendment. Just for the r...

Moved by

Baroness Hollins

233F: After Clause 87, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I declare an interest as I gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry and my family decided t...

My Lords, I support the amendments because they provide the Government with yet another opportuni...

My Lords, I support the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins. We have been in similar s...

My Lords, it is late, and I do not want to repeat myself. I sure that the noble Baroness, the nob...

My Lords, again, given the lateness of the hour, I simply say that our views are well known, that...

My Lords, I am obliged to the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins. I will address Amendments 233F and 23...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. My hope is for a free and responsible press. Howeve...

Moved by

Baroness Buscombe

236: Clause 89, page 90, line 12, at end insert—

“( ...

Moved by

Baroness Buscombe

237A: Clause 89, page 90, line 15, after “except” insert “...

Moved by

Baroness Buscombe

239B: Clause 90, page 90, line 24, at end insert—

“(...

Moved by

Baroness Buscombe

240: In the Title, line 8, after “functions;” insert “to m...