Clause 5 - Winding up of OFCOM on abandonment etc.
Office of Communications Bill [Lords]
4:30 pm
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury, Conservative)
I, too, would prefer to speak on clause stand part if you allowed that, Mr. Gale, so my comments now will be brief.
Under the Bill, it will be quicker and easier to wind up Ofcom than to set it up. My concern is the possibility that other regulations may not be in place when that occurs, which would cause confusion and mayhem to regulation of the industry. For that reason, the winding up of Ofcom deserves more than just an order before the House. I shall expand on those words if we have a stand part debate.