Clause 3 - Management of OFCOM
Office of Communications Bill [Lords]
11:30 am
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald, Conservative)
Before we come to clause 4, I want to make some general comments. We have only limited time to bring our deliberations to a conclusion. I give latitude in the course of debates, because I know that it can allow for a more coherent debate if a Chairman lets one touch on matters that strictly belong to other parts of the Bill. However, the previous debate abused that latitude considerably.
We should not redebate issues. We should not debate issues that have not been selected for debate by the Chairman. If the debate on the group of amendments that I shall now call goes wider than it should, it will prejudice a stand part debate on clause 4. I ask hon. Members to be aware of that.