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HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)Clause 19 addresses the calculation of financial penalties in respect of channels 3, 4 and 5. By way of context, the Broadcasting Act 1990 and schedule 9 to the Communications Act…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)This part of the Bill relates to the listed events regime, which seeks to strike a balance, so that broadcasts of key sporting events are widely available and free to air, while…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)I am concerned to hear from the hon. Lady about the bias that has crept into BBC Scotland’s coverage.05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)On a point of order, Mrs Cummins. If I may make a small correction, I understand that when we were debating the listed events earlier, I said that it excluded bidders if the event…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (First sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Barnsley East and for Aberdeen North for speaking to their amendments and allowing us to debate the importance of the Gaelic language. It is something…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (First sitting)I beg to move, That— 1. the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.25 am on Tuesday 5 December) meet— (a) at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 5 December; (b) at 11.30 am and…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)However, I understand her point. As the hon. Member for Arfon highlighted, under clause 20, the right to listed events that are broadcast free to air must be extended to public…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)I cannot guarantee that there will be a successor media Bill immediately. Equally, although it was suggested that media Bills only come around every 20 years, I hope that we would…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)As we have just debated, the listed events regime seeks to ensure that key supporting events are widely available and free to air, while achieving balance that ensures that rights…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)I am very happy to join the hon. Lady in paying tribute to the huge number of benefits that Teletext brought for quite a considerable length of time. It was not just news that…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)The hon. Member for Aberdeen North rightly highlighted that the issue that the new clause addresses is a matter that the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North has been…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)I cannot say specifically why they were not included earlier, although I have tried to set out why we think it is important that they should be included now. We will provide any…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 8, in clause 22, page 26, line 30, after second “to” insert “the coverage of”. This amendment and Amendment 9 are minor drafting changes.05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)Clause 22 updates section 101 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 to make specific provision for group B events and to take into account the updated scope of services captured by the…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)First, I welcome the support in principle of the hon. Lady for partnerships. They play a very important role in ensuring that iconic events are shown free to air even if they are…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Data Protection (Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Data Protection (Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. It is a pleasure to serve under your…04 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Data Protection (Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I will do what I can to soothe the anguished breast of the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Rhondda. He said that you and he share an interest in relieving melanoma, Mrs…04 Dec 2023HANSARDDraft Data Protection (Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My hon. Friend raises a wholly theoretical proposition. Should it ever occur, we will probably have to define our own version back in Committee. For the moment, however, we are…04 Dec 2023HANSARDOnline Advertising Taskforce: Action PlanI am pleased to inform the House that today we are publishing the Online Advertising Taskforce’s action plan. The Online Advertising Taskforce brings together representatives from…30 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillAs I say, the Government do not believe that it is necessary to have a prescriptive list in the Bill. We feel that it is better that individuals make a judgment based on their…29 Nov 2023