Ms Katherine Licken:

In fairness, these are very early days. The proposal has been published only for a little over a month. We would not be quite so negative as to say it is a negative proposal. What we are saying is that it is a very serious proposal. It is ground-breaking and disruptive. We need to devote a lot of time and effort to our discussions with the Commission, the Council of Europe, other member states, ComReg and BEREC on the implications to ensure we get it right. There are many aspects that would be very good if we got it right, one of which would be the elimination of roaming. Better consumer protection is good. If the aim is furthering spectrum and service provision, that, too, will be good. The net neutrality provisions are good. All the aims are good; it is a question of ensuring the medicine is right and will achieve what is desired.

When we say "marginalised", all we are really saying is that we just need to be careful to ensure that marginalisation is not an unintended impact of the proposal.

I would have no hesitation in saying that it would not be an intended impact, but we must ensure it is not an unintended impact of the proposal.