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Public Bill Committees
Media Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) It would give the BBC an equivalent negotiating position to the commercial broadcasters, setting out - Speech Link
2: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) currently geolocate me in London, but I might be far more interested in listening to—and I do, actually—BBC Radio - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) I am slightly concerned that that will conflict with the commercial nature of these devices, and that - Speech Link
4: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) about television remote controls were also key, and we might come back to them later in relation to radio - Speech Link
5: None The clause also makes a key change to the approval arrangements for S4C’s commercial activities. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Media Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) The digital radio and audio review has confirmed that FM spectrum will be needed for BBC, commercial - Speech Link
2: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) Actually, radio is going from strength to strength, particularly in the commercial radio sector, at which - Speech Link
3: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) I set up the first commercial radio station in Rutland. - Speech Link
4: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) Radiocentre, which represents the commercial radio sector, has said that it is sensible to introduce - Speech Link
5: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) , commercial radio services and audio production. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
BBC Funding - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lucy Frazer (Con - South East Cambridgeshire) We are already supporting the BBC to realise commercial opportunities that will make it more financially - Speech Link
2: James Sunderland (Con - Bracknell) and since, I have been blown away by the quality of its broadcasting; by its sport, music, culture, radio - Speech Link
3: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) of dramatic cuts already being implemented by the BBC management, including to the valued BBC local radio - Speech Link
4: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) What further steps is she taking to encourage the BBC to maximise its commercial revenue in order to - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Elderly and Vulnerable People: Loneliness and Isolation - Wed 06 Dec 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) tackling loneliness, whether that is through driving people to church or social events or starting a local radio - Speech Link
2: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) renewed online, and there was no guarantee that the contract would be renewed.I recognise that there is a commercial - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Town Centre Safety - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Randall (Con - Gedling) including CCTV, safer streets wardens, better street lighting, a burglary reduction officer and a Shopwatch radio - Speech Link
2: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) from coming into our town centres.Bournemouth has not only a vibrant town centre, but some attractive commercial - Speech Link
3: Kim Leadbeater (Lab - Batley and Spen) for it: the chief constable of West Yorkshire police, John Robins, made the point very clearly on BBC Radio - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Media Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) about some of the decisions taken, particularly in relation to local news provision, by the BBC on radio - Speech Link
2: Hywel Williams (PC - Arfon) including me, watched BBC Wales with the sound turned down, and listened to the commentary in Welsh on Radio - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Similarly, we watched Scotland games with the volume turned off and Radio Scotland turned on, so that - Speech Link
4: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) Currently, its code defines that as highlights and live radio commentary.Turning to Government amendments - Speech Link
5: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) As I mentioned when praising commercial partnerships, it was extremely pleasing to see Sky and STV come - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
2nd reading - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) This part of the Bill includes a power to add to the list of banned unfair commercial practices. - Speech Link
2: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) UK law requires payment for the commercial use of another’s copyrighted work, yet commercial use is currently - Speech Link
3: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) register, specifically my role as a trustee of Tate, adviser to Pixel United and broadcaster on Times Radio - Speech Link
4: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) The Public Interest News Foundation said:“shrouding all commercial agreements struck under the shadow - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Media Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) not broadcasting television programmes in Gaelic, it plays—forgive me if I pronounce this wrong—BBC Radio - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) there is a risk of less programming in those areas, particularly where they might be of less immediate commercial - Speech Link
3: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) section 264, should consider the contribution that other media services, including those provided by commercial - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Early Years Education - Thu 30 Nov 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kidron (XB - Life peer) course, that includes technology that we consider part of the fabric of a child’s life, from TV to radio - Speech Link
2: Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab - Life peer) There was a programme on the radio today about babies’ food. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Living in a COVID World: A Long-term Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing (COVID-19 Committee Report) - Wed 29 Nov 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Allan of Hallam (LD - Life peer) We are told that a lot of those contracts were commercial, so it is now really difficult to unpick that - Speech Link
2: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) and there are many conflicting views.Progress on the inquiry is well under way—as we all hear on the radio - Speech Link