Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill

I will speak briefly to my two amendments, amendments 1 and 2, because I appreciate that time is ...

I was going to make a speech echoing the hon. Lady’s comments, as I wholeheartedly agree with the...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady. She can be reassured. I was just about to sit down. I hope that m...

I rise to speak briefly to my amendment 3. I was here for Second Reading so for me this is episod...

The same report said not only that was there an appetite for community radio but that it was tech...

I thank my hon. Friend for adding weight to my desire to probe further and to ensure that local c...

I urge my hon. Friends the Members for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton) and for Bury St Edmunds...

The Bill is indeed about small commercial stations, and about the ability of community groups to ...

I shall deal with the point in some detail when I speak about amendment 3. However, I agree that ...

I am not expecting a timeframe to be set today, but may I stress the importance of ensuring that ...

My understanding is that the Government will have a suitable timescale to allow all to contribute...

Yes, I confirm that.

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I therefore hope Members will accept that if every o...

My hon. Friend makes a good point about small community radio stations that are on FM, rather tha...

I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting the whole purpose of the Bill, and we can discuss the cur...

They might also have asked what a laptop is.

Yes, and that is the way technology is moving on. The Bill needs to be flexible, but it also need...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Briefly, but I will then make some progress towards a conclusion.

There has to be an incentive for multiplex owners to invest in technology and equipment. Does thi...

The Bill gives permission for some of these multiplexes to be run not for profit, effectively as ...

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for his explanation. He has gone a long way to reassure me b...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I thank hon. Members for their con...

On the digital technology that my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake)...

My hon. Friend is right. The thing is, the technology exists for small-scale broadcasting and, bl...

I completely and utterly agree with that sentiment.

I thank the hon. Lady for that statement. Sometimes in this Chamber we exchange comments that are...

Which is why I am so supportive of it.

I am absolutely delighted to hear how supportive of the Bill the hon. Lady is. I am pleased to sa...

I will indeed.

It is important to explore, briefly, some of the issues that were picked up by the Community Medi...

I shall be short and very pithy to give my fellow Members a chance to speak and so that we can mo...

I rise to support the Bill on Third Reading and to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tor...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster) on bringing the legislation fo...

I will keep this intervention fairly short because I am conscious that the Front Benchers will wi...

Yes, my hon. Friend makes a good point. Perhaps monopoly is too strong a word. Nevertheless, we c...

My remarks will also be fairly brief, since we discussed the Bill quite extensively in Committee ...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak on this important occasion. I congratula...

With the leave of the House, I want to thank the Members who have spoken and express my gratitude...