Recommendation 26

We agree with the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Online Safety Bill and the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, that the Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum (DRCF) should have a more formal status and clearer lines of accountability, given the increasingly important role it plays in decision making between regulators. However, as the DRCF does not require formal powers, and funding is allocated by the member regulators, we do not believe that a statutory underpinning is required.