Clause 70 - Specific types of access-related conditions
Communications Bill
6:00 pm
Dr Kim Howells (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Pontypridd, Labour)
Perhaps I can try to answer some of those questions.
The hon. Member for Ryedale made his point after discussions with S4C, but, as my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda made clear, the issue would be better debated under clauses 299 and 300, which deal with the key issue of due prominence. Clause 70 deals with operational and technical issues related to access. However, I accept the hon. Gentleman's point, and I am sure that we will have a proper debate on the matter in due course.
The hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam made a pair of observations that almost flummoxed me. I understand that the definition of API in the Bill was taken from the framework directive, and may not mean the application programming interface, which he mentioned. However, I will check that.