Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 8 June 2009.
May I join the general acclamation of the Secretary of State's appointment and wish him every success in dealing with his crowded in-tray? One of the complex issues that he has to confront is the consequence of digital switchover and the release of spectrum that flows from that programme in the south-west and elsewhere. Will he pay particular attention to the consequences for the programme making and special events sector, and the continued viability of radio microphones for broadcasting entertainment and a wide variety of other purposes?