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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage (Lord Inglewood)My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to make new provision about the broadcasting in digital form of television and sound programme services and the broadcasting in that form on television or radio frequencies of other services; to amend the Broadcasting Act 1990; to provide for the establishment and functions of a Broadcasting Standards Commission and for the dissolution of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Council; to make provision for the transfer to other persons of property, rights and liabilities of the British Broadcasting Corporation relating to its transmission network; and for connected purposes.
I beg to move that this Bill be now read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be read a first time.—(Lord Inglewood.)
§ On Question, Bill read a first time, and to be printed.