Clause 4 - Functions of existing regulators
Office of Communications Bill [Lords]
12:15 pm
Dr Kim Howells (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Pontypridd, Labour)
I thank the hon. Lady for giving me the opportunity to tell her that the purpose is the promotion of the whole industry. She will recall, because I have told her 20 or 30 times, that the Bill is about setting up Ofcom. The sole purpose of the provisions in clause 4(5)—perhaps this will be of help to the hon. Lady—is to make clear that the new functions that the existing regulators will have as a result of the provisions in clause 4 are in addition to, and will not be prejudicial to, any existing powers that have been conferred by other Acts.