My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Young, for introducing the amendment in a largely constructive way, although she referred to an "impasse", which is not quite the word that I would have used. I hope that I can reassure her that, far from there being deadlock,...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Young, for introducing the amendment in a largely constructive way, although she referred to an "impasse", which is not quite the word that I would have used. I hope that I can reassure her that, far from there being deadlock,...

Yes, my Lords; but Ofcom, of course, operates within the constraints established in existing legislation. On the noble Lord’s suggestion that this might give rise to tensions between the department and Ofcom, I have no doubt that in an extreme case, where the issue was of such substance that Ofcom...

Yes, my Lords; but Ofcom, of course, operates within the constraints established in existing legislation. On the noble Lord’s suggestion that this might give rise to tensions between the department and Ofcom, I have no doubt that in an extreme case, where the issue was of such substance that Ofcom...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, for introducing this amendment and to the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for his comments. It will already have been recognised in our debates on the two preceding groups of amendments that the Government have listened carefully to...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, for introducing this amendment and to the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for his comments. It will already have been recognised in our debates on the two preceding groups of amendments that the Government have listened carefully to...

5: Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out "appropriate levels of" 6: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, after "content" insert ", where appropriate" 7: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out ", wherever possible" and insert "(taking account of the interests of citizens and the interests of...

5: Clause 1, page 1, line 10, leave out "appropriate levels of" 6: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, after "content" insert ", where appropriate" 7: Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out ", wherever possible" and insert "(taking account of the interests of citizens and the interests of...

These are the seductions of office, my Lords. The last three contributors invited me to range widely as a result of this amendment. I think that the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, is asking me to define in a few succinct phrases over the course of an hour and half the...

These are the seductions of office, my Lords. The last three contributors invited me to range widely as a result of this amendment. I think that the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, is asking me to define in a few succinct phrases over the course of an hour and half the...