Cable Television (Hansard, 2 June 1998)

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§ Mr. Caplin
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will ensure that future cable television licensing agreements require the provision of high quality local programming by franchise operators and that that provision be monitored by the ITC. [43109]

§ Mr. Fisher
The award and regulation of cable television licences is, by statute, a matter for the
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Commission also provided an oral update on discussions with the US on the subject of internet domain name governance.
The Commission and I briefed the Council on progress in tackling the Millennium Bug. In particular, I reported to the Council on the conference hosted by the UK on 8 May this year, in London.