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House of Lords debates, 12 October 2010,
<abbr class="datetime" title="2010-10-1219:43:00">
7:43 pm </abbr>
</h4><p class="speaker liberal democrat"><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/?m=100130" title="See more information about Lord Clement-Jones"><strong>Lord Clement-Jones</strong></a> <small>(Liberal Democrat)</small></p>
<p class="speaker liberal democrat"><small></small></p><div style="margin-left: 40px;">It is also now clearer how better coverage of over 90 per cent, up from the current 85 per cent, will be achieved by the installation of new transmitters. As for DAB+, it is also much clearer that DAB will remain the standard. We heard about the necessity of multi-standard chips from the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood. Crucially-this was an important issue when we debated the Digital Economy Act-there is also a much clearer future for FM radio and a much better understanding of its role. For the foreseeable future, FM will remain as a delivery channel of choice for local and community radio. The Minister could not have been clearer when he launched the action plan and said,<br>
<br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">"we will not switch off FM. FM will remain a platform for small local and community radio ... as long as these services want it".<br></div><br>Now, that was pretty unequivocal and extremely welcome.<br>
</div><br><b>Hansard source: <a href="http://bit.ly/9mXHD4">http://bit.ly/9mXHD4</a></b><br><br><p class="speaker labour"><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/?m=100199" title="See more information about Lord Evans of Temple Guiting"><strong>Lord Evans of Temple Guiting</strong></a> <small>(Labour)</small></p>
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">When in government, our intention was that these criteria would be met
by the end of 2013, paving the way for the delivery of digital radio
upgrade by the end of 2015. Upgrade was not intended to mean a complete
switch-off of an analogue radio service. Instead, all national and large
local services were to be carried on DAB only and would no longer be
broadcast on analogue, leaving ultra-local radio services to be broadcast on FM. Do the Government intend to stick with the original timetable or will they allow it to slip?<br></div><br><b>Hansard source: <a href="http://bit.ly/d0cwO1">http://bit.ly/d0cwO1</a></b><br>
<br><p class="speaker conservative"><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/?m=100521" title="See more information about Baroness Rawlings"><strong>Baroness Rawlings</strong></a> <small>(Whip, House of Lords; Conservative)</small><br>
</p><div style="margin-left: 40px;">I agree with the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester that it
is important that FM should continue until a decision on switchover is
made. Even after switchover, FM will continue for small local services,
community, hospital and student radio.<br></div><br><b>Hansard source: <a href="http://bit.ly/avVgHc">http://bit.ly/avVgHc</a></b><br><br>\\<br><br>Community Media Association<br>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br>
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