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10 Mar 2025, 5:47 p.m. - House of Lords "skulduggery. So I don't think that she gets anywhere by asking that question. The noble Lord Lord Grade " Lord Newby (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Dec 2025, 8:21 p.m. - House of Lords ">> Lord Grade. My Lords, I want to say that I'm very grateful personally to get a copy of the " Lord Livermore, The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Dec 2025, 8:21 p.m. - House of Lords "intended to become usual practice. >> Lord Grade. My Lords, I want to " Lord Livermore, The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Tuesday 6th May 2025 2 p.m. Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of Ofcom At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Dame Melanie Dawes DCB - Chief Executive at Ofcom The Lord Grade of Yarmouth CBE - Chair at Ofcom View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Broadcasting: Recent Developments
60 speeches (21,549 words) Thursday 8th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) protect the funding, diversity and quality of public service news—I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD - Life peer) They are central, as the noble Lord, Lord Grade, said, to our hugely successful creative industries and - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) It was really useful to hear the perspective of the noble Lord, Lord Grade of Yarmouth, on PSBs. - Link to Speech |
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
128 speeches (27,770 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Wednesday 4th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) scrutiny of the work of Ofcom and the new online safety regulatory regime from having the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech |
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Media Bill
99 speeches (25,532 words) Committee stageLords Handsard Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) I am wondering what a newscaster is, having heard what the noble Lord, Lord Grade, said. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) I will write on that point, having consulted the noble Lord, Lord Grade, to make sure that I give the - Link to Speech 3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) I join him in commending the noble Lord, Lord Grade of Yarmouth, the current chairman, on his ongoing - Link to Speech 4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) Certainly—to make the noble Lord, Lord Grade, blush. - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) I know that my erstwhile noble friend Lord Grade is listening, and it is fortuitous that the chairman - Link to Speech |
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Water Companies: Failure
21 speeches (1,308 words) Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord makes a very good point, which was touched on by the noble Lord, Lord Grade, on the behaviour - Link to Speech |
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Media Bill
107 speeches (26,713 words) Committee stage Monday 20th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) We are all grateful that the chairman of Ofcom, the noble Lord, Lord Grade of Yarmouth, is in your Lordships - Link to Speech 2: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) that.But here there is a spoiler alert—I note that the current chairman of Ofcom, the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech |
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BBC Mid-term Charter Review
45 speeches (17,255 words) Thursday 9th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: John Nicolson (SNP - Ochil and South Perthshire) the last BBC chair was a major Tory donor, and the last chair but two is now a Tory peer, like Lord Grade - Link to Speech |
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Media Bill
90 speeches (44,454 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 28th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Lipsey (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Grade, is here; I do not think he would allow that to happen to Ofcom.IPSO has never - Link to Speech 2: Lord Black of Brentwood (Con - Life peer) this legislation, we should send a strong signal to Ofcom —it is very good to see my noble friend Lord Grade - Link to Speech 3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) Like others, I am very grateful that the noble Lord, Lord Grade of Yarmouth, attended our debate on the - Link to Speech |
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BBC: Funding
25 speeches (1,630 words) Wednesday 17th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
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Online Safety Bill
15 speeches (2,218 words) Consideration of Commons amendments Tuesday 19th September 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Clement-Jones (LDEM - Life peer) He is in his place, so I can say that it is over to the noble Lord, Lord Grade, and his colleagues at - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB - Life peer) approached the Bill has, we hope, achieved those goals for everyone.We all need to wish the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech 3: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (LAB - Life peer) We support the amendments before the House today and wish good luck to the noble Lord, Lord Grade. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) well, attention now moves very swiftly to Ofcom, under the able chairmanship of the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
45 speeches (11,118 words) 3rd reading Wednesday 6th September 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) given a great deal of time outside the Chamber.We should all be very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
165 speeches (28,010 words) Report stage Wednesday 19th July 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Baroness Harding of Winscombe (CON - Life peer) My noble friend Lord Grade was very clear in front of the committee I sit on that it is not Ofcom’s job - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (CON - Life peer) My noble friend Lord Grade and Dame Melanie Dawes appeared before us only a week ago. - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
167 speeches (40,790 words) Report stage Monday 17th July 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord, Lord Grade, used all the usual words to describe this Bill—“complex”, “challenging”—and - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Kidron (CB - Life peer) I regret that I do not know what the current situation is and I hope that, with the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Neville-Jones (CON - Life peer) I have been persuaded that, pace my noble friend Lord Grade, the powers that have been given to Ofcom - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
91 speeches (27,910 words) Report stage: Part 1 Monday 10th July 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: None My noble friend Lord Grade thoughtfully and movingly told us that he would judge Ofcom’s mission to be - Link to Speech 2: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (LAB - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Grade, is sadly not in his place today—I normally judge the quality of the debate - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
44 speeches (13,340 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Thursday 22nd June 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: None Ofcom should be able to make multiple applications simultaneously—and I note that my noble friend Lord Grade - Link to Speech 2: None I am mindful that on the final day in Committee, the noble Lord, Lord Grade of Yarmouth, continues to - Link to Speech 3: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) My noble friend Lord Grade spoke, reasonably but with a degree of trepidation, about the challenge faced - Link to Speech |
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OFCOM (Duty regarding Prevention of Serious Self-harm and Suicide) Bill [HL]
6 speeches (989 words) 3rd reading Friday 16th June 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB - Life peer) this Bill.I am also extremely grateful to the Government, officials from Ofcom and the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
57 speeches (14,789 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Thursday 25th May 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) in doing this difficult and innovative regulatory job—it is always good to see the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech 2: Lord Clement-Jones (LDEM - Life peer) and share online safety information with them.It has been very heartening to see the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
62 speeches (27,820 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Tuesday 23rd May 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: None However expert, independent and professional they may be—I note that my noble friend Lord Grade is not - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
125 speeches (30,474 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Tuesday 16th May 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB - Excepted Hereditary) The noble Lord, Lord Grade, is showing enormous stamina sitting up in the corner; he is sitting where - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
73 speeches (22,937 words) Committee stage Thursday 11th May 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Baroness Kidron (CB - Life peer) therefore ask the Minister whether he can slip something into the Bill, and indeed ask the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
82 speeches (24,699 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Tuesday 9th May 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord McNally (LDEM - Life peer) I am pleased that the chairman of Ofcom, the noble Lord, Lord Grade, has assiduously sat through our - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
33 speeches (9,008 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Tuesday 2nd May 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) I think that the noble Lord, Lord Curry, is right, from his experience, that the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech 2: Lord McNally (LDEM - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Grade, who is at his post—it is very encouraging to see the chair of Ofcom listening - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
89 speeches (24,236 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Tuesday 2nd May 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB - Excepted Hereditary) noble Baroness, Lady Harding, about trying to make Ofcom’s job easier— I can see the noble Lord, Lord Grade - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Oral Evidence - Ofcom, Ofcom, and Ofcom Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections - Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee Found: I noticed that Lord Grade, your Chair, gave a good speech in July where he outlined a robust defence |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes DCB, Chief Executive, and Lord Grade, Chair, Ofcom, regarding oral evidence follow-up, dated 13 June 2025 Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes DCB, Chief Executive, and Lord Grade, Chair, Ofcom, regarding oral evidence |
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Thursday 15th May 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, to Baroness Twycross, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Gambling), Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on the Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: As you will be aware, the former Chair of the Committee, Lord Grade of Yarmouth, was subsequently appointed |
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Wednesday 7th May 2025
Oral Evidence - David Kogan OBE Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: David Kogan: By happy or unhappy coincidence, I have been appointed by Lord Grade, Conservative peer |
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Tuesday 6th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Ofcom, and Ofcom Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Lord Grade: Indeed. |
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Friday 4th April 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Prime Minister on supporting growth dated 31 March 2025, including regulators responses to the PM, Chancellor and DBT Secretary of State Liaison Committee (Commons) Found: Reeves MP The Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP By email Dame Melanie Dawes Chief Executive Lord Grade |
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Thursday 23rd May 2024
Written Evidence - Al Arabiya BBC0006 - Future funding of the BBC World Service Future funding of the BBC World Service - International Development Committee Found: In addition the issue was looked at extensively in a review carried out by Lord Grade for the FCDO |
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Tuesday 14th May 2024
Written Evidence - Stewart Purvis CBE, and Chris Banatvala FON0072 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee Found: This was an issue put to the Ofcom Chairman, Lord Grade, while the research was underway and focus |
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Tuesday 14th May 2024
Oral Evidence - Ofcom, and Ofcom The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee Found: level of impartiality ought to be applied for news and current affairs or whether —as I think Lord Grade |
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Wednesday 6th March 2024
Written Evidence - Community Policy Forum FON0050 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee Found: official and has been accused of persistent interference in editorial matters.15 Similarly, Lord Grade |
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Tuesday 5th March 2024
Written Evidence - Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (North) FON0040 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee Found: supporters in the highest echelons of the Corporation (Sir Tim Davie, Sir Robbie Gibb) and at Ofcom (Lord Grade |
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Wednesday 21st February 2024
Written Evidence - Media Reform Coalition FON0029 - The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Communications and Digital Committee Found: debate – one that perhaps should be a little bit more prominent”.47 Similarly, its chairman Lord Grade |
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Wednesday 13th December 2023
Oral Evidence - Dr Samir Shah CBE Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Munira Mirza—tried to persuade her to appoint Lord Gilbert as the Ofcom chair in preference to Lord Grade |
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Wednesday 13th September 2023
Report - 2nd Report - Must do better: the Office for Students and the looming crisis facing higher education Industry and Regulators Committee Found: , and sat as a non-affiliated peer for the duration of their tenure as Chair of a regulator: • Lord Grade |
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Friday 21st July 2023
Written Evidence - Ofcom DCC0032 - Review of the Digital Markets, Consumer and Competition Bill Review of the Digital Markets, Consumer and Competition Bill - Communications and Digital Committee Found: and Digital Committee inquiry ‘Review of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill’ Lord Grade |
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Tuesday 11th July 2023
Oral Evidence - Ofcom, and Ofcom Communications and Digital Committee Found: Lord Grade of Yarmouth: Can I make one distinction here? |
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Media Bill: HL Bill 44 of 2023–24 - LLN-2024-0006
Feb. 12 2024 Found: The panel included Baroness Bertin (Conservative) and Lord Grade of Yarmouth (then Conservative and |
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Feb. 12 2024
Media Bill: HL Bill 44 Media Act 2024 Briefing papers Found: The panel included Baroness Bertin (Conservative) and Lord Grade of Yarmouth (then Conservative and |
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Israel APPG Document: APPG UK-Israel Meeting Records Minutes .pdf Found: Lord Davies, Lord Colgrain, Baroness Ramsay, Baroness Finn, Baroness Meyer, Luke Akehurst MP , Lord Grade |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: May 2023 Found: Apologies were received from Lord grade, Lord Taylor of Warwick, Baroness Wilcox of Newport, and Lord |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: May 2023 (including Annual General Meeting) Found: Apologies were received from Lord grade, Lord Taylor of Warwick, Baroness Wilcox of Newport, and Lord |
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Media APPG Document: Media APPG Newsletter april 2022: all your media policy news Found: CHAIR ANNOUNCED On 1st April, following a pre- appointment hearing with the DCMS Select Committee, Lord Grade |
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Monday 6th October 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Source Page: David Kogan OBE confirmed as Independent Football Regulator Chair and Non-Executives appointed Document: here (webpage) Found: David Kogan: By happy or unhappy coincidence, I have been appointed by Lord Grade, Conservative peer |
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Tuesday 18th February 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022 Document: (PDF) Found: Michael Grade, CBE Chair FROM OUR CHAIR LORD GRADE, CBE For people to respect and believe in Ofcom |
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Wednesday 12th July 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Source Page: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 Document: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 (PDF) Found: Sustainability 1694 Ofcom Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23 ofcom.org.uk Chair’s message Chair’s message Lord Grade |
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Nov. 14 2025
Independent Football Regulator Source Page: David Kogan OBE confirmed as Independent Football Regulator Chair and Non-Executives appointed Document: here (webpage) News and Communications Found: David Kogan: By happy or unhappy coincidence, I have been appointed by Lord Grade, Conservative peer |
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Jul. 10 2025
Ofcom Source Page: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: Lord Grade, CBE ChairChief Executive’s report10 Chief Executive’s report Ofcom’s work touches people |
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Jul. 10 2025
Ofcom Source Page: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: Lord Grade, CBE ChairChief Executive’s report8 Chief Executive’s report Ofcom’s work touches people |
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Jul. 10 2025
Ofcom Source Page: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: Lord Grade, CBE ChairChief Executive’s report8 Chief Executive’s report Ofcom’s work touches people |
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Feb. 18 2025
Ofcom Source Page: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: Michael Grade, CBE Chair FROM OUR CHAIR LORD GRADE, CBE For people to respect and believe in Ofcom |
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Jul. 31 2024
Ofcom Source Page: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: Chair’s message Lord Grade, CBE Chair “Safety is the right of everyone. |
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Jul. 12 2023
Ofcom Source Page: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 Document: Ofcom annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 (PDF) Transparency Found: Sustainability 1694 Ofcom Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23 ofcom.org.uk Chair’s message Chair’s message Lord Grade |
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Tuesday 18th July 2023
Source Page: I. MG Alba [Meadhanan Gàidhlig Alba (Gaelic Media Scotland)]. Annual report and statement of accounts 2022-23. [In English and Gaelic] 67p. II. Letter dated 13/07/2023 from Alister Jack MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding the above document for deposit in the House Libraries. 1p. Document: MG_ALBA_Annual_Report_2022-23-large.pdf (PDF) Found: bhliadhnail & aithris nan cunntasan Annual report & statement of accounts 2022/2023 4 July 2023 Lord Grade |
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2. Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with BBC
Thursday 16th November 2023 Mentions: 1: None We've recently had visits from Lord Grade and from Melanie Dawes, popping in to ask us about issues - Link to Speech |
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3. Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with Ofcom (2)
Wednesday 4th October 2023 Mentions: 1: Alun Davies (Welsh Labour - Blaenau Gwent) Can I turn to Lord Grade? I'm grateful, Lord Grade, for your time this morning. - Link to Speech 2: Delyth Jewell (Plaid Cymru - South Wales East) Lord Grade, please forgive me interrupting you. - Link to Speech 3: Tom Giffard (Welsh Conservative Party - South Wales West) Can I ask you, Lord Grade—? - Link to Speech |
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2. Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with S4C (1)
Wednesday 4th October 2023 Mentions: 1: None I know Lord Grade and other colleagues from Ofcom are attending and following us this morning, but I - Link to Speech |