Draft Report [The Multi-Media Revolution], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraphs 1 and 2 read, amended, combined and agreed to (now paragraph 1).

Paragraph 3 (now paragraph 2) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 4 to 6 (now paragraphs 3 to 5) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 7 (now paragraph 6) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 8 to 12 (now paragraphs 7 to 11) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 13 (now paragraph 12) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 14 (now paragraph 13) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 15 (now paragraph 14) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 16 to 20 (now paragraphs 15 to 19) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 21 (now paragraph 20) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 22 and 23 (now paragraphs 21 and 22) read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 24 and 25 (now paragraphs 23 and 24) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 26 (now paragraph 25) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 27 (now paragraph 26) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 28 and 29 (now paragraphs 27 and 28) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 30 read, as follows:

"Interactive television remains to be tested on the mass market. In one sense, it may never be. During our inquiry, we received considerable evidence to suggest that the discussions about interactivity as a tailored-for-television are about to be overtaken by a technology whose development until recently appeared largely separate from that of television—the Internet".

Paragraph disagreed to.

Paragraph 31 (now paragraph 29) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 32 to 35 (now paragraphs 30 to 33) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 36 (now paragraph 34) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 37 and 38 (now paragraphs 35 and 36) read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 39 to 41 (now paragraphs 37 to 39) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 42 (now paragraph 40) read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 43 and 44 (now paragraphs 41 and 42) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 45 (now paragraph 43) read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 46 to 48 read, amended, combined and agreed to (now paragraph 44).

Paragraphs 49 and 50 (now paragraphs 45 and 46) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 51 (now paragraph 47) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 52 to 61 (now paragraphs 48 to 57) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 62 (now paragraph 58) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 63 (now paragraph 59) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 64 (now paragraph 60) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 65 to 71 (now paragraphs 61 to 67) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 72 (now paragraph 68) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 73 to 75 (now paragraphs 69 to 71) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 76 (now paragraph 72) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 77 and 78 (now paragraphs 73 and 74) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 79 (now paragraph 75) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 80 and 81 (now paragraphs 76 and 77) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 82 (now paragraph 78) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 83 to 85 (now paragraphs 79 to 81) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 86 (now paragraph 82) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 87 to 92 (now paragraphs 83 to 88) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 93 (now paragraph 89) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 94 and 95 (now paragraphs 90 and 91) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 96 (now paragraph 92) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 97 (now paragraph 93) read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 98 to 100 (now paragraphs 96 to 98) read and postponed.

Paragraphs 101 and 102 (now paragraphs 94 and 95) read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 98 (now paragraph 96) again read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 99 (now paragraph 97) again read, amended and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 100 (now paragraph 98) again read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 103 to 106 (now paragraphs 99 to 102) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 107 (now paragraph 103) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 108 read, amended, divided and agreed to (now paragraphs 104 and 105).

Paragraphs 109 and 110 (now paragraphs 106 and 107) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 111 (now paragraph 108) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 112 to 116 (now paragraphs 109 to 113) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 117 (now paragraph 114) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 118 (now paragraph 115) read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 119 and 120 (now paragraphs 116 and 117) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 121 (now paragraph 118) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 122 (now paragraph 119) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 123 to 130 (now paragraphs 120 to 127) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 131 (now paragraph 128) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 132 (now paragraph 129) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 133 (now paragraph 130) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraph 134 (now paragraph 131) read and agreed to.

Ordered, That further consideration of the Chairman's draft Report be now adjourned.—(The Chairman.)

Report to be further considered on Wednesday next.

  [Adjourned till Wednesday next at half-past Three o'clock.

Consideration of the Chairman's draft Report resumed.

Paragraphs 135 and 136 (now paragraphs 132 and 133) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 137 (now paragraph 134) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 138 and 139 (now paragraphs 135 and 136) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 140 (now paragraph 137) read, amended and agreed to.

Paragraphs 141 to 158 read and postponed.

Paragraph 159 (now paragraph 138) read and agreed to.

Paragraphs 160 and 161 (now paragraphs 139 and 140) read, amended and agreed to.

Postponed paragraphs 141 to 156 again read and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 157 again read, amended and agreed to.

Postponed paragraph 158 again read, amended, divided and agreed to (now paragraphs 158 and 159).

Paragraphs 162 and 163 (now paragraphs 160 and 161) read and agreed to.

Paragraph 164 (now paragraph 162) read, amended and agreed to.

Annexes 1 to 4 agreed to.

Resolved, That the Report, as amended, be the Fourth Report of the Committee to the House.—(The Chairman.)

Ordered, That the Chairman do make the Report to the House.

Ordered, That the provisions of Standing Order No 134 (Select committees (reports)) be applied to the Report.

Several papers were ordered to be appended to the Minutes of Evidence.

Ordered, That the Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported to the House.—(The Chairman.)

  [Adjourned till Thursday 14 May at Ten o'clock.