Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 10 March 2008.
The hon. Gentleman is scraping the barrel in trying to find a subject on which to launch an attack. This issue is of huge importance to the whole of British society; it is about people's ability in a fully converged digital world to get access to high-quality content. It is important that there is the widest possible debate among the telecommunications, media and other industries on developing a sensible and consensual policy to take us through this changing world. The process mentioned, led jointly with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, is a good example of how Government should make policy; listening to the views of industry, working closely with consumer groups and, at the end of the day, coming up with the right answers. The money spent on that process will be well spent.