A Bill to require the appropriate regulatory authority of on-demand audiovisual programme services to draw up a Code relating to the provision of subtitles, signing and audio-description for persons with disabilities affecting their hearing or their sight or both; to require the appropriate regulatory authority to consult before issuing any such Code; to make provision for minimum requirements to be included in the Code; to require that on-demand programme services providers observe the requirements of the Code; to provide for regular consultation about and review of the minimum requirements; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Lilian GreenwoodLabour (Co-op)
13 May 2016
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The bill would require the regulator for on-demand audiovisual services to create a Code with minimum rules for subtitles, sign language (where relevant) and audio description to aid people whose hearing or sight is impaired. The regulator must consult before issuing the Code, and on-demand providers would have to meet the minimum requirements. The minimum requirements would be reviewed through ongoing consultation to keep them up to date.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading stage in the House of Commons. It was first introduced in 2015; no further stage progress is listed for this session in the provided details.
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24 Jun 2015
The 2015-16 session of Parliament has ended and this Bill will make no further progress.
This Bill was presented to Parliament through the ballot procedure on 24 June 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
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