Deregulation Bill

My Lords, it is vital that any impact on the BBC’s income is well considered before any potential...

My Lords, I support everything that the noble Baroness has just said. I fully support the review,...

My Lords, I rise very briefly to support the amendment and what the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, an...

My Lords, I support the amendment of my noble friend Lady Howe, not just because I am a producer ...

As I was saying before the Division, we are talking about the possibility of the income of the BB...

My Lords, with your indulgence, perhaps I may correct something: I omitted earlier to declare an ...

I think most noble Lords who have severe concerns about this clause fear that it stems from some ...

My Lords, almost before opening my mouth I must declare an interest, having been for many years—m...

My Lords, I did not come to speak on this—I am a complete outsider as far as the media are concer...

My Lords, I, too, support the proposition that Clause 59 should not stand part of the Bill. The a...

My Lords, this has been a very good debate about a very important topic. It is important to pick ...

My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate. On occasions it may have strayed to the merits of t...

On the record, will the Minister be clear about my final question? I thought I heard him say that...

I do not believe that it does. The Government obviously want to be in a position after the report...

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for his reply and all noble Lords who have spoken very pass...

Moved by

Lord Stoneham of Droxford

79: After Clause 60, insert the following new Clau...

I rise in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, who is unable to be with us today. I th...

My Lords, I think that there is only one other person in the Room who sat through three months of...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his amendment. The Government are clear that busking can en...

I have often had discussions with the Metropolitan Police. I find the phrase “busking-related off...

My noble friend always intervenes to engage the Committee in important issues with his own touch....

My Lords, as a former Metropolitan Police officer of 30 years’ experience, I cannot think of any ...

Of course, I am receiving advice from the current Metropolitan Police, but I very much take on bo...

This is the issue that was before the Committee: there are different functions. The commission ca...

My Lords, I hope it might help the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, if I say that I will specifically mak...

I thank the Minister for his support for busking. I also liked the unexpected but welcome support...

Moved by

Lord Grade of Yarmouth

80: After Clause 60, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, I first went into broadcasting in 1973 and remained in and out of it over a period of s...

My Lords, I put my name down to support Amendment 80 because I believe it is in keeping with the ...

My Lords, I, too, support Amendment 80, which would repeal the outdated Section 73 of the Copyrig...

I support the amendment. It is a privilege to speak among such broadcasting colossi. Having grown...

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Work with me. This amendment is incredibly straightforward. It goes to the heart of one question:...

My Lords, I very much support this important amendment. Although I have no direct involvement wit...

My Lords, I, too, support this amendment, which was so ably moved by the noble Lord, Lord Grade. ...

My Lords, the main arguments have been made in favour of these amendments but I have just one or ...

My Lords, I believe that my noble friend will realise that my earlier intervention had a degree o...

My Lords, I have enjoyed listening to the speeches on the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting and useful debate, again, on this topic. I say “again”...

Does the noble Lord notice that he is almost exactly paralleling the suggested answer that was gi...

I am always grateful for comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Deben, whose expertise and knowled...

On the question of our perhaps not discussing this matter because it has been in the courts for s...

I am not as well briefed as my noble friend Lord Macdonald, but it is also true that the Digital ...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his amendment, because it has enabled a fascinating debate ...

I am grateful to my noble friend for that response. As a long-term Charlton Athletic supporter, I...

If the noble Lord is going to play that game, he must add another one to his list: make an outrag...

I think that we need to move on. This is a very simple matter which does not need to be complicat...

Moved by

Lord Mancroft

81: After Clause 60, insert the following new Clause—

“C...

My Lords, usually when one introduces an amendment in Committee there is a vague prospect that ot...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Mancroft, for outlining the background to this am...

My Lords, I would like to ask a question. I know nothing about the detail of this, but I take it ...

My Lords, I hope that we are not going to disappoint my noble friend or even the noble Lord in te...

My Lords, the noble Lord says that we do not know. We do know; this has been out to consultation ...

I will come to that point, because in this market the proposals could result in an expansion with...

My noble friend is rewriting history. The Labour Party was opposed to a national lottery—I rememb...

I was not attempting to rewrite history—far from it. That is why I mentioned the debate yesterday...

I do not want to enter into a debate about the Health Lottery now, but it is registered with the ...

I do not accept what the noble Lord says because that lottery has exploited a loophole which I ha...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his amendment and noble Lords for the lively debate that ha...

My Lords, I was not expecting a different answer but that does not mean that I am not disappointe...

My Lords, Section 15A(2) and (3) of the Social Security Act 1998 require the Senior President of ...

My Lords, I will briefly add to what the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, has said. In the original draf...

My Lords, I promise that I will be very brief. I was thinking of Lord Newton of Braintree when th...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, and my noble friends Lord Rooker and Lady Donaghy have ca...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sharkey, the noble Baroness, Lady Donaghy, and the noble L...

I am not convinced by the idea that this is some huge burdensome amount of work for the Senior Pr...

The points that the noble Lord raises are fair ones. He asks what happens if the Senior President...

Obviously the opinion of the Senior President of Tribunals is very important and has a direct bea...

If I can I will certainly answer my noble friend’s question. I did ask previously whether it was ...