Clause 80 - Review of services market identifications and determinations
Communications Bill
6:30 pm
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford, Conservative)
I take the Minister's point about setting an arbitrary time scale. I particularly recognise his concern, which I share, that operators should not have to supply huge amounts of information every two years and take up a lot of time doing that when it is quite plain that nothing much has changed. I am slightly more disappointed that he does not recognise the need to give operators at least the power to request a review when something clearly has changed. I hope that his confidence that Ofcom will recognise that change without prompting from the industry is justified, but it is not an issue I particularly wish to press. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Question proposed,{**roman**} That the clause stand part of the Bill.