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House of Lords, Second Reading

14 December 2009 – Lord Mandelson to Members of the House of Lords (PDF, 52 Kb) 

Lord Davies to Viscount Bridgeman on clause 42 (PDF, 737 Kb) 

House of Lords, Committee Stage

To address issues raised during Committee Stage in the House of Lords, we have written to the following parliamentarians on:

Ofcom duties

Lord Howard on mobile network resilience (PDF, 69 Kb) 

Lord Attlee on the costs and benefits of the Galileo system (PDF, 96 Kb) 

Lord Young to all Peers on the Government amendments on clause 1; the promotion of investment, and clause 2; periodic reports by Ofcom on infrastructure (PDF, 123 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Howard on the definition of public service media content provided by clause 1 (General duties of Ofcom) (PDF, 49 Kb) 

Letter to Lord Gordon of Strathblane on Ofcom reporting duties to cover media mergers (PDF, 183 Kb) 

Online infringement of copyright

Lord Young to all Peers on Government amendments on OIC for Report stage (PDF, 54 Kb) 

Lord Young to all Peers on libraries, universities and wi-fi providers (PDF, 86 Kb) 

Lord Young to Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice on ACS Law (PDF, 73 Kb) 

Letter from Antony Townsend, Chief Executive of Solicitors Regulation Authority (PDF, 33 Kb) 

Reply from Bridget Prentice MP, Minister for the regulation of legal services in England and Wales, Ministry of Justice (PDF, 93 Kb)  

Lord Young to all Peers on law firms who pursue regarding copyright infringement (PDF, 377 Kb) 

Follow up letter from Antony Townsend, Chief Executive of Solicitors Regulation Authority (DOC, 583 Kb) 

Domain names

Lord Young to Lord Lucas on internet domain registries; clause 18 (PDF, 73 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Howard on the appointment of the interim manager of domain names registry (PDF, 50 Kb) 

Channel 4 Corporation

Lord Young to Baroness Bonham-Carter on the non-linear content of C4C (PDF, 105 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Howard on C4C functions (PDF, 108 Kb) 

Radio

Lord Young to Lord Gordon on radio media ownership rules – 16 February 2010 (PDF, 31 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Bishop of Manchester on proposed changes to localness regulations on radio – 16 February 2010 (PDF, 63 Kb) 

Lord Low on Digital Switchover Help Scheme (PDF, 48 Kb) 

Spectrum

Lord Young to Baroness Miller on spectrum work carried out by National Police Improvement Agency (PDF, 46 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Lucas on harmonising spectrum for emergency services across Europe (PDF, 67 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Clement-Jones on radio mikes (PDF, 78 Kb) 

Video recordings

Lord Young to Baroness Howe on the Government’s position on access to pornographic material on UK-based video on demand services (PDF, 117 Kb) 

Lord Young to Baroness Howe, follow up to on demand programme services (PDF, 384 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord de Mauley on the Conservatives’ concerns on section 2(2) of the Video Recordings Act (PDF, 71 Kb) 

Lord Davies to Baroness Howe on online age verification (PDF, 240 Kb) 

Copyright licensing

Lord Young to Lord Howard and Lord de Mauley on copyright owner opt out (PDF, 92 Kb) 

Letter to Lord Lucas on copyright other issues (PDF, 27 Kb) 

Referenced annexes A and B (PDF, 75 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Clement-Jones on clause 42, in regards to photographers (PDF, 89 Kb) 

Lord Young to all Peers, enclosing a new factsheet on clause 42 (PDF, 21 Kb) 

Clause 42 factsheet (PDF, 345 Kb) 

House of Lords, Report Stage

Cross Bill

Lord Young to all Peers on Government amendments tabled for Report Stage (PDF, 302 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Whitty on Ofcom duties and Online infringement of copyright (PDF, 1.1 Mb) 

Ofcom duties

Lord Davies to Lord Howard on public service media content (PDF, 319 Kb) 

Lord Davies to Baroness Buscombe on the definition of media services (PDF, 429 Kb) 

Online Infringement of Copyright

Lord Young to Lord Whitty on clauses 4-16 (PDF, 530 Kb) 

Lord Young to the Earl of Erroll on Internet Protocol v6 (PDF, 751 Kb) 

Lord Young to the Earl of Erroll on complaints procedures (PDF, 778 Kb) 

Lord Young to Baroness Howe on costs of the initial obligations code (PDF, 530 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord de Mauley on monies raised as penalties imposed by Ofcom (PDF, 210 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Lucas on security of routers (PDF, 327 Kb) 

Public Service Broadcasting

Lord Davies to Baroness Bonham-Carter on contract rights renewal (PDF, 560 Kb) 

Radio

Lord Young to Lord Fowler on local radio stations remaining on FM (PDF, 425 Kb) 

Spectrum

Lord Young to Lord de Mauley on the T-Mobile and Orange merger (PDF, 452 Kb) 

Lord Young to Lord Clement-Jones on spectrum availability for radio mikes (PDF, 78 Kb) 

Video Recordings

Lord Davies to Baroness Howe on duty to promote online safety (PDF, 155 Kb) 

Copyright Licensing

Lord Young to Lord Triesman on orphan works (PDF, 52 Kb) 

Lord Young to Viscount Bridgeman on extended licensing (PDF, 544 Kb)