Media Bill - Committee (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 5:15 pm on 20 May 2024.
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay:
Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
23: Clause 21, page 25, line 16, after “service” insert “(“the first service”)”Member's explanatory statementThis Amendment and my amendment to Clause 21 at page 25, line 21, alter the definition of exclusively granting rights to include live coverage of a Group A event.
24: Clause 21, page 25, line 21, leave out from “granted” to “and” in line 28 and insert “such rights to include live coverage of the whole or, as the case may be, that part of the event in one or more other relevant services as are sufficient to authorise, in accordance with section 101(2) or (3) or, as the case may be, section 101(4), the inclusion in the first service of the live coverage in question,”Member's explanatory statementSee the explanatory statement for my amendment to Clause 21 at page 25, line 16.
Amendments 23 and 24 agreed.
Clause 21, as amended, agreed.
Clause 22: Restriction on showing live coverage of listed events
Amendments 25 and 26 not moved.
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