Listen, I don't dispute your view and others' views that it would be nice to have fining powers. We don't have it. But I very much dispute that channels do this all the time. We are the regulators. They need our cooperation and our consent on a host of issues. We do not have wholesale violation of terms of licence. Do we have the occasional one? Of course we do, and we may not deal with it as adequately and effectively as you would like us to. But I don't know where you get the idea that broadcasters are in constant violation of the terms of licence. On the contrary, they respect them. We have, on the whole, a very obedient system where people realize that violating the rules and picking fights with the regulator doesn't do you any good.
On May 25th, 2009. See this statement in context.