Clause 3 - General duties of OFCOM
Communications Bill
12:30 pm
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in
clause 3, page 3, line 3, leave out subsection (1) and insert—
'(1) It shall be the principal duty of OFCOM to further the interests of consumers in relevant markets, where appropriate by promoting competition.
(1A) It shall further be the duty of OFCOM, in carrying out their functions—
(a) to secure the optimal use for wireless telegraphy of the electro-magnetic spectrum;
(b) to secure the availability throughout the United Kingdom of a range of television and radio services which (taken as a whole) are of high quality, sufficient to appeal to a variety of tastes and interests, and of a plurality of views sufficient to meet the diverse interests of citizens; and
(c) to secure that standards falling with subsection (2) are applied in the case of all television and radio services.'.