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Act of Parliament Introduced 5 Jul 2016 Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport ↗ Parliament

Digital Economy Act 2017

A Bill To make provision about electronic communications infrastructure and services; to provide for restricting access to online pornography; to make provision about protection of intellectual property in connection with electronic communications; to make provision about data-sharing; to make provision about functions of OFCOM in relation to the BBC; to provide for determination by the BBC of age-related TV licence fee concessions; to make provision about the regulation of direct marketing; to make other provision about OFCOM and its functions; and for connected purposes.

Legislative progress

Commons 5 Jul 2016
1st reading
Commons 13 Sep 2016
2nd reading
Commons 13 Sep 2016
Programme motion
Commons 13 Sep 2016
Ways and Means resolution
Commons 13 Sep 2016
Money resolution
Commons 11 Oct 2016
Committee stage
Commons 18 Oct 2016
Programme motion
Commons 28 Nov 2016
Programme motion
Commons 28 Nov 2016
Report stage
Commons 28 Nov 2016
Legislative Grand Committee
Commons 28 Nov 2016
3rd reading
Lords 29 Nov 2016
1st reading
Lords 13 Dec 2016
2nd reading
Lords 31 Jan 2017
Committee stage
Lords 22 Feb 2017
Report stage
Lords 5 Apr 2017
3rd reading
Commons 26 Apr 2017
Ways and Means resolution
Commons 26 Apr 2017
Consideration of Lords amendments
Lords 27 Apr 2017
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
Unassigned 27 Apr 2017
Royal Assent

Chamber debates