Communications Bill

– in a Public Bill Committee at on 17 December 2002.

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[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]

Photo of Roger Gale Roger Gale Vice-Chair, Conservative Party 10:30, 17 December 2002

Before we start, I am pleased to note that the programming issues have been resolved satisfactorily by the usual channels. Also, I draw the Committee's attention to the fact that clause 28 is definitional—if there is such a word—and is fairly tightly drawn. Several amendments to it have been tabled, and we shall consider them in a moment, but I do not propose to permit the Committee to enter into a ''how many angels can dance on a head of a pin'' debate.

Photo of Michael Fabricant Michael Fabricant Conservative, Lichfield

On a point of order, Mr. Gale. When we terminated the previous sitting, you said that you would report the fact that about half of a group of amendments could not be discussed because we ran out of time according to the agreed guillotine. I wonder whether you have had any feedback that you could report to the Committee.

Photo of Roger Gale Roger Gale Vice-Chair, Conservative Party

I received the Hansard report of those proceedings only this morning. It is my intention to draw Sir Alan Haselhurst's attention to the verbatim report, so that he can see precisely what was said.Clause 28 Meaning of electronic communications networks and services