Part of Legal Deposit Libraries Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 5:45 pm on 4 June 2003.
The hon. Gentleman was describing clause 8 in the same terms as the explanatory notes, but that does not reflect precisely the terminology of the clause itself. Subsection (1) states:
“different provision for different purposes ... different media, descriptions of work, deposit libraries or areas”.
What does the hon. Gentleman mean by “or areas”? Does he mean different countries within the United Kingdom, or does he propose some sort of geographical disparity in treatment? I am slightly surprised that those words should have been included. The power to differentiate the various deposit libraries is clear. How would areas be interpreted in that context?