Media Bill

My Lords, the Media Bill is good, but it can be better. That is what I trust we will achieve duri...

Moved by

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

My Lords, this is the Media Bill; it is 176 pages of very good stuff, as the Minister, my noble f...

My Lords, it is a great privilege to speak after the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. I declare my inter...

My Lords, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my register of interests, particularly my work with...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Foster. I will come to my nob...

My Lords, I will confine myself to one clause in this Bill, Clause 50, which will repeal Section ...

My Lords, I will start by saying that I think the arguments of the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, are ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure but somewhat daunting to follow the noble Lord, Lord Birt. I agree wit...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate even if—he will forgive me—I did ...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register and, in confessional spirit perhaps, ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a television producer who has worked for all the public servic...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in the Second Reading debate. I declare my interest as a ...

My Lords, every now and then in this House, you can look down the speakers’ list and think, “I wo...

My Lords, like everybody who has spoken, I welcome the Bill. It must be a joy to be on the Front ...

My Lords, I am glad to be able to speak in this debate, and thank the previous speaker, the noble...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Newcastle. I draw a...

My Lords, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my declaration of interests in that I do occasional...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a former director of the British Film Institute, and that my y...

My Lords, I, too, very much welcome the Bill. As has been said, we have waited a long time for it...

My Lords, I join in the refrain and say that I, too, welcome the Bill and share in the widespread...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dunlop, and, given what I intend ...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bull. I think that we can al...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the previous speakers, who have been advocating for more empha...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, and I say to my noble friend on the Front Bench that we are stil...

I was delighted to hear what the noble Baroness said. My remarks were clearly justified because t...

It is always a great honour to speak after my noble friend Lady Stowell, who spoke powerfully of ...

My Lords, I will comment on the Bill where it affects newspapers and publishing. It is some years...

My Lords, I too will speak about Clause 50. I am pleased to follow the noble Viscount, Lord Astor...

My Lords, technically, we are debating my noble friend Lord Forsyth’s amendment, and I fully supp...

My Lords, I will not pursue the noble Earl’s angle on this Bill. Quite clearly, the Bill has the ...

My Lords, this is an important Bill and it is much needed after 20 years, but some outstanding is...

My Lords, I welcome this long-awaited Media Bill and declare an interest as per the register. The...

My Lords, it is important to hear so much affirmation today that one of the United Kingdom’s grea...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a broadcaster on Times Radio, chairman of Marlow Film Studios...

I completely agree with my noble friend that no one should be given a monopoly on minimum standar...

I look forward to supporting the noble Lord’s amendment.

8.36 pm

My Lords, this has been, as usual, an interesting and incredibly well-informed debate. But it has...

My Lords, as one might have expected, this Second Reading debate has been a classic House of Lord...

My Lords, I am grateful for the widespread support that has been expressed for the Bill from acro...

I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord. He is making a very important point, and we respect the w...

Through debates such as the one we have had today, and through Questions, which I am always happy...

Why do we need to wait for that review? It seems that we know enough about this and what the prob...

We have set up the review because there are important questions to consider, and it is worth cons...

Does the Minister have a sense of the timetable for this review to be completed?

If I may, I will point the noble Lord to the answers we have given which set out some of the time...

I am grateful for what my noble friend has just said, but am I to take it from what he said to th...

As it falls to my noble friends Lord Camrose and Lord Offord to take that Bill through, it will b...

My Lords, I do not think I need to test the opinion of the House because every single speech has ...