Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con): My Lords, “miscellaneous” is certainly one of those words that we use in your Lordships’ House and mean all manner of things by it.

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My Lords, “miscellaneous” is certainly one of those words that we use in your Lordships’ House and mean all manner of things by it. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Lansley for his Amendment 45, which probes the Bill by seeking to amend the Communications Act 2003 to require Ofcom to consult those interested in news content provided by broadcasters in any format before setting broadcasting standards. As he set out, this aims to reflect the shifts we have seen in recent years towards digital news consumption. However, the Government do not believe it is necessary to make changes such as th

Committee (2nd Day) Clause 14: Regional Programme-making: Channels 3, 4 and 5 Amendment 16 Moved by 16: Clause 14, page 16, line 43, at end insert— “(4A) After subsection (6) insert—“(6A) When determining the number of hours OFCOM consider appropriate under subsections (1) and (3), they must ensure that the number of hours would result in at least 50% of programmes broadcast, measured both by hours and expenditure, being made outside of London and 16% from the nations of the United Kingdom other than England, in proportion to their relative populations.”” My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment…