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  Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill - Second Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye to set out a new definition of public service broadcasting which would need to be followed for broadcasters to receive money from the television licence.
  @ MP voted no against setting out a new definition of public service broadcasting which would need to be followed for broadcasters to receive money from the television licence.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against setting out a new definition of public service broadcasting which would need to be followed for broadcasters to receive money from the television licence.
  
  MPs were considering the Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill[1]. The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That the Bill be now read a Second time.
  
  The Bill sought to define public service content for the purposes of public service broadcasting as being content which satisfies prevailing
  standards of good taste and decency; is primarily produced in the UK meets one or more of the following criteria:
  
  :(a) it comprises local, national, international news or current affairs which is impartial, factual and objective;
  :(b) its primary purpose is to inform, educate or entertain children;
  :(c) its primary content is charitable or religious;
  :(d) the content would not otherwise be likely to be provided by the market
  responding to consumer demand. 
  
  The sanction for failure to fulfill the above requirements would be no payments from the license fee being paid to a broadcaster.  
  
  The result of this division was declared "not decided" by the Speaker because fewer than 40 MPs took part.
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/broadcastingpublicservicecontent.html Parliament's webpage on the Broadcasting (Public Service Content) Bill]
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