division_name: Communications Bill
motion: <p class="" pid=".782.6/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid=".782.6/2" pwmotiontext="yes">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.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid=".825.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid=".825.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">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.</p>
  
  <p pid=".857.5/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That the amendment be made:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid=".857.5/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>The House divided:</i> Ayes 14, Noes 329.</p>