HC Deb 06 March 2000 vol 345 cc481-2W
Mr. Dobbin

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to create a single regulator for the communications industry. [112616]

Janet Anderson

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry announced on 3 February their intention to publish a White Paper later this year setting out the Government's proposals for the reform of communications legislation. It is to early to say at this stage what the White Paper will propose concerning the regulatory structures for the communications industry.