WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 2006 (DIRECTIONS TO OFCOM) ORDER 2010
16 December 2010: Motion to approve Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) Order 2010 moved by Lord de Mauley during the debate Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the Minister will be aware that I wrote to him about this matter earlier today. I apologise for the late notice I gave him, but I did not receive notification about this problem until seven o'clock last night when a member of the railway industry wrote to me to draw my attention to exactly the points just alluded to by my noble friend Lord Berkeley. This is clearly a significant issue for the railway. It is not a situation where we can take a chance and see what happens. If it is the case that the new broadband width is going to interfere with signalling, obviously the railway will become unsafe..............read Hansard report in full |