I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.
After an almost unprecedented period of scrutiny and debate, we are now proud to be able to present the Communications Bill to the House. I say we, because the Bill is very much the result of cross-departmental collaboration with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, my hon. Friend the Minister for E-Commerce and Competitiveness, and the Department of Trade and Industry.
I beg to move,
That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Communications Bill because it fails to ensure the representation of Wales and Scotland on the Office of Communications (OFCOM); does not address the needs of people with disabilities adequately; does not regulate sufficiently cross-media ownership; does not protect against a monopoly of ownership; fails to ensure access for all to digital broadcasting and broadband communications; and further weakens democratic scrutiny and regulation of industries which are vital to citizenship.
Question put, That the amendment be made:-
The House divided: Ayes 14, Noes 329.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | no |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | no |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab | no |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | no |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | no |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | tellaye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | no |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC | aye |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab | no |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | no |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | no |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | no |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | no |
| Mr Brian Wilson | Cunninghame North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | no |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | no |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | no |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | no |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | no |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Mandelson | Hartlepool | Lab | no |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | no |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | no |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | no |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | whilst UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab | no |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
| Mr Matthew Green | Ludlow | LDem | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab | no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | no |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | no |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Pete Wishart | North Tayside | SNP (front bench) | tellaye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | no |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | no |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Annabelle Ewing | Perth | SNP | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | no |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | no |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | no |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | no |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | whilst LDem | no |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | no |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | no |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem | no |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | no |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
