Media Bill

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser. I agree with very many of the...

My Lords, I declare my interests in the register. I am also an officer of the Channel 4 APPG.

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 16 and 17, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser of C...

My Lords, this group of amendments is of great importance to the independent television productio...

I support all three amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 54 in the name of the noble ...

My Lords, I support Amendments 16 and 17 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser of Craigm...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendments 16 and 17, introduced persuasively by my noble fri...

My Lords, one of the great values of Committee stage for Ministers and regulators is that it give...

My Lords, this debate has been a fascinating example of how the nations and regions are well repr...

My Lords, I hear often talk about how we need an assembly of the nations and regions, but, as the...

The noble Viscount, Lord Colville, made a good point about Parliament being consulted. I wonder i...

I hope the meeting I have just indicated I am very happy to hold will be an opportunity to do tha...

I am grateful to the Minister for the consideration he and his officials have given and the discu...

Perhaps if the noble Lord has some examples, he might like to bring them to the discussion with O...

On the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, assuming there are a few scraps left for the res...

To qualify as a regional production, at least two of the following three criteria must be met: a ...

Might the noble Lord be prepared to meet them at some point? That might have some value.

Yes, either I or, I am sure, my colleague in another place who has direct responsibility for this...

My Lord, I thank everybody from around the Committee who contributed to this debate. As the noble...

Moved by

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

18: Clause 19, page 21, line 37, at end insert...

Moved by

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

19: Clause 20, page 24, line 3, at end insert—...

My Lords, I rise briefly to address the government amendments which I have tabled in this group: ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 25, 26 and 30, which are in my name. I draw attention to my...

My Lords, this is a large group, as the Minister said in his opening comments, dominated mainly b...

My Lords, this is a series of issues around the importance of sporting events being listed as cul...

My Lords, I intervene briefly to express my support for Amendment 30 in the name of the noble Bar...

We are not in the habit of getting ahead of ourselves.

I know that the noble Lord is sticking to the line to take, and nothing is being taken for grante...

My Lords, surely at a time when we want children to get away from the telly and actually do sport...

The right reverend Prelate must be an expert with a broom.

The House was stunned into silence by the revelation from the right reverend Prelate.

I tha...

Is the Minister, in effect, saying that he is convinced that, under the current regime, catch up ...

Yes, the Bill caters for the concerns that have been set out, but I will happily discuss that fur...

I get the sense that the Minister is sympathetic to the point we have made here and that it is mo...

I am loath to set out a precise timescale, but the noble Lord is right: it is a matter of looking...

Moved by

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

20: Clause 20, page 24, line 5, at end insert—...

Moved by

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

23: Clause 21, page 25, line 16, after “servic...

Moved by

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

27: Clause 22, page 27, line 13, leave out fro...

Moved by

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

28: Clause 23, page 28, line 31, leave out fro...

Moved by

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

35: Clause 27, page 32, line 17, leave out “pu...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

35A: After Clause 27, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I hope the Minister clocked the reluctant withdrawing of amendments. Perhaps there is f...

My Lords, I rise to speak to four amendments in my name in this group. Although there are four am...

My Lords, I begin by saying to the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, that I am very supportive of he...

I was not sure whether the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, wanted to say anything further on the o...

Oh!

I thank your Lordships.

I thank my noble friend for raising this issue, as it gives me the ...

Can I ask my noble friend two quick questions? First, have the Government engaged in any such con...

It is similar but different. We have not consulted the other parties on this issue, not least bec...

To clarify that, does that mean that the Government intend to have this consultation