Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Rehman Chishti Excerpts
Thursday 5th September 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jacob Rees-Mogg Portrait Mr Rees-Mogg
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The first half of that question referred to jokes, and the second half was wrong.

Rehman Chishti Portrait Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con)
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Hospital Radio Medway has raised a real concern about hospital radio stations being able to get appropriate licensing from Ofcom, which is preventing patients from accessing radio in hospital. That cannot be right. May we have an urgent statement or debate on that?

Jacob Rees-Mogg Portrait Mr Rees-Mogg
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Hospital radio is very important for cheering people up when they are in hospital, and actually it is a very good training ground for people starting a career in radio. I think that it is a more suitable topic for an Adjournment debate or a Westminster Hall debate, rather than taking time in the Chamber.