Clause 87 - Conditions about regulation of services etc. for end-users
Communications Bill
9:30 am
Mr Stephen Timms (Minister of State (e-Commerce & Competitiveness), Department of Trade and Industry; East Ham, Labour)
My hon. Friend will know that work on this Bill developed in parallel with work leading up to the Enterprise Act. He is right to mention that Act. Since their election, the Government have had the objective of sharpening competition throughout the economy. In the Bill, we deal specifically with the telecommunications market, but it is equally important that we sharpen competition throughout the enterprise sector. That is what the Enterprise Act and some earlier legislation will do. The two pieces of legislation developed in parallel, and in planning how best to introduce changes, the philosophy has been consistent.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 87 ordered to stand part of the Bill.