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Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Illegal File Sharing (9 Nov 2009) has video

Jeremy Hunt: Everyone understands the need for safeguards, but will the Minister confirm that, assuming the successful passage of the digital economy Bill, the earliest an illegal file sharer could have their internet connection temporarily cut off is February 2012? That is hardly an example of the Government at their most decisive.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Illegal File Sharing (9 Nov 2009) has video

Jeremy Hunt: I am happy to confirm that the Conservatives support the proposals. We just do not think that they, on their own, will do the job. Does the Minister accept that if we are to tackle this problem, we also have to look at reforming the outdated intellectual property laws on digital content? If we do not do that, we will not, in the end, deal with the nub of the problem. Will the Secretary of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Digital Radio Switchover (20 Jul 2009) has video

Jeremy Hunt: I start by welcoming you to your post, Mr. Speaker—an elevation that was only marginally more likely than man walking on the moon, which happened 40 years ago today. I offer you my congratulations. I am sure that you will want to join me in offering the congratulations of the whole House to the England cricket team, which won an historic victory today—their first victory over the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Digital Radio Switchover (20 Jul 2009) has video

Jeremy Hunt: The point is that if people use their analogue sets, they will be able to listen to new radio stations, but not the radio stations that they have been listening to for a very long time. Was it not the height of irresponsibility to announce the phasing out of analogue spectrum without announcing any details or any funding for a help scheme, similar to the one that was in place for TV...

Archer Inquiry (1 Jul 2009)

Jeremy Hunt: I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, as I appreciate that she wants to make progress. The response said that the Government would review the situation in 2014. That seems a long time away, particularly for my constituents and indeed everyone else's. Why was that date chosen? It feels very much as though the issue is being kicked into the long grass, when for many people involved, the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Digital Britain (16 Jun 2009) has video

Jeremy Hunt: I thank the Secretary of State for giving me prior notice both of the report and of his statement, and I congratulate him on giving his first statement to the House in his new role. With Lord Carter's surprising and rather hasty departure from the Government, it is now the Secretary of State, less than a fortnight into the job, who must pick up the baton in an immensely complex but vital area...

Council Tax Capping (Surrey) (9 Jun 2009)

Jeremy Hunt: I congratulate my hon. Friend on calling this incredibly important debate on an issue about which people in Surrey feel extremely strongly. He mentioned neighbourhood policing, but does he agree that however frustrated people in Surrey feel about the many failures of Government policy on law and order, neighbourhood policing is perhaps the one area in which they feel that there have been huge...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: "Digital Britain" (8 Jun 2009) has video

Jeremy Hunt: May I add my congratulations to the Secretary of State on taking up his post? He is the fourth Culture Secretary in less than two years. In fairness, he has had only two days to prepare for today's questions, so he has the support of the whole House, particularly today. One of the crucial issues for the "Digital Britain" report is how to preserve impartiality in a digital era. Does the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: "Digital Britain" (8 Jun 2009) has video

Jeremy Hunt: I urge the Secretary of State to examine this arrangement closely, because someone having their own weekly TV programme at the same time as being one of the main ambassadors for Government policy in precisely the same area is unprecedented. If there is a general election in June 2010, according to the current schedules "The Apprentice" will be shown during the campaign. Would it be right for...

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Electronic Communications (20 May 2009)

Jeremy Hunt: indicated dissent.

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Electronic Communications (20 May 2009)

Jeremy Hunt: Can the hon. Gentleman explain why, if the Tory proposal is so dangerous, two members of his party's Front Bench supported early-day motion 1047? It asks for a freeze in the licence fee, which is exactly what we are asking for today.

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Electronic Communications (20 May 2009)

Jeremy Hunt: The hon. Gentleman asks me to suggest ways in which that £68 million can be found. We have talked about the taxi bill. What about the £108 million spent on imported programming, much of which could be viewed on the commercial channels if it was not being shown on the BBC?

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Electronic Communications (20 May 2009)

Jeremy Hunt: Will the Secretary of State give way?

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Electronic Communications (20 May 2009)

Jeremy Hunt: I just wanted to ask the Secretary of State whether he thinks licence fee payers' money is better spent supporting the racing industry or supporting a £14 million taxi bill or a £15 million flying bill.

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Electronic Communications (20 May 2009)

Jeremy Hunt: rose—

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Electronic Communications (20 May 2009)

Jeremy Hunt: Let me make it absolutely clear that the Secretary of State is distorting what the Leader of Opposition said. He did not say that we should move to annual settlements for the BBC, and that is not our party's position, as the Secretary of State knows perfectly well. The current settlement, which started in 2007, is a six-year settlement, but the amount by which it will rise in the sixth year...