Member

Point five—I am afraid there are three more to come—is that I am very surprised there is no appeals mechanism. This is dealt with in some detail in the report, and I will not repeat it. For a structure of this type, which is bearing down quite heavily on those who might wish to make valid representations to Ofcom, to be a one-off structure—they apply and are either accepted or rejected and there is no way of appealing—seems to be an omission that needs to be looked at again. Smaller organisations with valid points, dealing with high-risk areas which are not necessarily always at the forefront of Ofcom’s work, which want to bring forward a super-complaint but fail to get there and are turned down, cannot apply for the next six months. That does not seem to be a valid output for this approach. Again, I would like the Minister’s response to that.