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Digital Economy Bill

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 29 March 2017, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Buscombe and Lord Ashton of Hyde.
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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
782 cc615-668 
Session
2016-17
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Report stage
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House of Lords chamber
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee eleventh report.
Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee thirteenth report.
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee sixteenth report.
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Digital Economy Bill 2016-17. As amended in Committee.
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Bills
House of Lords

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Digital Economy Bill
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Best | 782 c615 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Best

32A: After Clause 81, insert the following new Clause—

“BBC ...

Lord Best | 782 cc616-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 32B and 32C, which are also in the names of the noble ...


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Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 782 cc618-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I regret that my ill health prevented me from being present on Monday 20 March, when th...

Lord Inglewood | 782 c619 (Link to this contribution)

I refer briefly to our previous debate when the House was considering the Bill, when I raised my ...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 782 c619 (Link to this contribution)

I support the amendments. As I mentioned in Committee, I am a Member of the House of Lords Commun...

Lord Pannick | 782 c619 (Link to this contribution)

I have added my name to Amendment 32E from the noble Lord, Lord Lester, and I agree with all the ...

Baroness Kidron | 782 c620 (Link to this contribution)

I am also a member of the Communications Committee. My noble friend Lord Best set out our positio...

Lord Maxton | 782 cc620-1 (Link to this contribution)

Can I just be marginally controversial? I accept the first amendment, which would establish a BBC...

Lord Birt | 782 c621 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is hard to improve on the excellent summary by the noble Lord, Lord Best, of the gla...

Viscount Colville of Culross | 782 cc621-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my media interests can be found in the register. As many other noble Lords have said, i...

Lord Berkeley of Knighton | 782 c622 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in supporting my noble friend Lord Best, I point out that the reprehensible situation i...

Viscount Waverley | 782 c622 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I observe only that if you wish to access the BBC on iPlayer, for example, when you liv...

Lord Wood of Anfield | 782 cc622-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I express the support of these Benches for the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Best....

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 cc623-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we return to an issue that I know interests a great many noble Lords: the funding of th...

Lord Maxton | 782 c624 (Link to this contribution)

Can the Minister tell the House what other form of taxation—I accept his definition that the lice...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c624 (Link to this contribution)

I do not quite know what the noble Lord means by taxes being covered by the Freedom of Informatio...

Lord Maxton | 782 c624 (Link to this contribution)

With all respect to the Minister, the BBC is not covered entirely by the Freedom of Information A...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c624 (Link to this contribution)

I take the noble Lord’s word for that because he knows more about it than I do.

Lord Inglewood | 782 c624 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister said that the Government did not consult on taxes in the way that has been suggested...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 cc624-5 (Link to this contribution)

The point that I made was that, when setting taxes, the Government have to take account of the ov...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 782 c625 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister has not answered my question, which was, quite simply, whether this Government—not o...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c625 (Link to this contribution)

I was aware of the noble Lord’s question and was just about to come to it. The BBC charter alread...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 782 c625 (Link to this contribution)

What does that answer mean? The charter does not say what I have just asked the Minister. Is he s...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c626 (Link to this contribution)

I think I can answer that to the noble Lord’s satisfaction. Yes, I will certainly talk to the Sec...

Lord Pannick | 782 c626 (Link to this contribution)

I am puzzled by what the Minister has said, because he is saying two incompatible things. He is t...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c626 (Link to this contribution)

With respect, I did not say that. I said that the Government would not consult on taxes. Of cours...

Lord Birt | 782 c626 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister said a moment ago that the Minister—in this case, the Secretary of State—must do as ...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c627 (Link to this contribution)

I do not completely follow the noble Lord. If the charter was changed, presumably the Secretary o...

Lord Birt | 782 c627 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry if was not clear. The charter clearly said that the licence fee may not be used to fun...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c627 (Link to this contribution)

I agree that a retrospective change in legislation of the charter is never a happy process—but, i...

Lord Best | 782 c627 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the 10 noble Lords who spoke in support of my amendment. The only mode...

Baroness Benjamin | 782 cc628-632 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Benjamin

33ZZA: After Clause 82, insert the following new Clause—

Baroness Benjamin | 782 cc632-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as per the register as I rise to speak to my Amendment 33ZZA, whi...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 782 c634 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, briefly, I very much support this amendment and above all salute the work of the noble ...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 782 c634 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, on her continuous hard work on this i...

Baroness Buscombe | 782 cc635-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendments 33ZZA and 35A concern the important issue of children’s television, which I ...

Baroness Benjamin | 782 cc636-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is moments such as this that demonstrate the importance of this House, with everyone...

Lord Clement-Jones | 782 c637 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

33ZA: Clause 85, page 89, line 4, after “impose” insert “...

Lord Clement-Jones | 782 cc637-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Gordon of Strathblane, and my noble frien...

Lord Borwick | 782 c638 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his comments on the amendment I moved i...

Lord Wood of Anfield | 782 cc638-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall focus briefly on the principles shared by the amendments proposed by noble Lord...

Lord Addington | 782 c639 (Link to this contribution)

I shall be very brief. I thank the Government about listed events. They are important for sportin...

Lord Borwick | 782 c639 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise to the House: I should have declared my interest as a long-standing trustee...

Baroness Buscombe | 782 cc639-641 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate. Government Amendments 33ZD a...

Lord Clement-Jones | 782 c641 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister, first, for the introduction to her very welcome amendments. I joi...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c642 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

33ZD: Clause 85, page 89, leave out lines 15 to 19 and i...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c642 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

33ZF: Clause 85, page 90, line 42, at end insert—

...

Lord Wood of Anfield | 782 cc642-4 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Wood of Anfield

33ZG: After Clause 86, insert the following new Clause—...

Lord Wood of Anfield | 782 cc644-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 33ZG has a simple purpose: to ensure that high-quality public service broadca...

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 782 c645 (Link to this contribution)

I support this important amendment. In Committee, the Minister rejected the need for change. He s...

Viscount Colville of Culross | 782 cc645-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment because it is important to future-proof the promi...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 782 c647 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as a past deputy chairman of the BBC. Public service broadcasting...

Lord Birt | 782 cc647-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, some time in the mid-1990s, I drove to west London to Sky’s warehouse-style offices to ...

Lord Wigley | 782 c648 (Link to this contribution)

I shall not repeat the comments that I made in Committee on this matter. I thank the noble Lord, ...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 cc648-650 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, public service broadcasting prominence on the EPG is an issue that has come up at every...

Lord Wood of Anfield | 782 c649 (Link to this contribution)

I thank all noble Lords for an excellent short debate; I will respond very briefly. I thank the M...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c649 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

33ZH: After Clause 87, insert the following new Clause—<...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 cc649-656 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

33ZJ: Before Clause 88, insert the following new Clause—...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 cc656-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, during the passage of this Bill there has been debate on the state of the UK’s fibre ne...

Lord Fox | 782 c657 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as someone who has proposed amendments that go some way in this direction, I welcome th...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 782 cc657-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, rather like the last speaker, I welcome this measure but am a bit nervous about it. The...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 c658 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their qualified support; I hope that by the time I have fi...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 cc658-9 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

33ZL: After Clause 91, insert the following new Clause—<...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 cc659-660 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for adding his name to this government...

Lord Moynihan | 782 cc660-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 33ZLZA, 33ZLZB, and 33ZLZC, which stand in my name.

I ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 782 cc662-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, has spoken extremely eloquently in support of his ame...

Lord Pendry | 782 cc663-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, many of us have been around this block many times before, and here we are again discuss...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 782 cc664-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have been following the progress of this arrangement between all sides because the no...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 782 cc665-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords and I will try to be quick because I want to move on t...

Lord Moynihan | 782 c667 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Moynihan

33ZLZA: After Clause 91, insert the following new Clause—

<...
Lord Moynihan | 782 cc667-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and all noble Lords who have participated in this debate....

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