Broadcasting (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Debate

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Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Wednesday 6th February 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Crawley Portrait Baroness Crawley (Lab)
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My Lords, I have a very short question for the Minister. What would his advice be to UK broadcasters when it comes to working with those countries that are not party to the ECTT? I know that many broadcasters are concerned that these new regulations will not cover the areas that at the moment they just take for granted as far as European-wide broadcasting is concerned. What about those countries, other than Ireland, that are not party to the ECTT?

Lord Puttnam Portrait Lord Puttnam (Lab)
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My Lords, is there anything in the Ofcom response to indicate that any of these changes will benefit the UK production economy, or indeed the UK economy in general? Is there anything in the Ofcom response that suggests this is not negative?

Lord Ashton of Hyde Portrait Lord Ashton of Hyde
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My Lords, I am very grateful for all those interesting points and particularly for the speed at which they were delivered. We might set a record on this SI, with any luck.