This volume presents the minutes of evidence and memoranda taken before the Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Bill.
The draft Communications Bill proposes that OFCOM (the Office of Communications) should take over the regulation of all forms of broadcasting and telecommunications, including access to the internet, currently exercised by a number of other ...
The Committee supports the broad purposes of the draft Bill, but believes its recommendations would make the bill a better document, and ensure more focused and constructive consideration of the final bill in its passage through Parliament.
As part of a consultation exercise, this document sets out the changes that the Communications Bill will introduce.
This documents sets out the Government's response to the Joint Committee's report (HLP 169-I/HCP 876-I; ISBN 0104130024) on the Draft Communications Bill (Cm 5508-I, ISBN 0101550820).
As set out in the White Paper - A New Future for Communications, this Bill will give effect to the Government's proposals for the reform of regulations within the communications sector.
The Bill will give effect to the Government's proposals for the reform of the regulatory framework for the communications sector (as set out in the White Paper - "A New Future for Communications"; Cm 5010).