Schedule - Further provision about OFCOM
Office of Communications [Lords]
10:30 am
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald, Conservative)
I remind the Committee that with this we are taking the following amendments: No. 31, in page 9, line 18, at end insert—
'(1A) In appointing the Chief Executive and other executive members, the Chairman and other non-executive members shall have regard to the principles of public life set out at page 14 of the First Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (Cm 2850-I).'.
No. 37, in page 7, line 11, at end insert—
'(2A) The Chairman and other non-executive members of OFCOM shall declare their financial and pecuniary interests in full in a publicly accessible Register of Interests.'.
No. 38, in page 9, line 18, at end insert—
'(1AA) The chief executive and other executive members of OFCOM shall declare their financial and pecuniary interests in full in a publicly accessible Register of Interests.'.
I point out to the Committee that amendments Nos. 28 and 31 refer to page 14 of the first report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, copies of which are now available in the Room.