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Recommendation 2

Thirteenth Report - Draft Media Bill: Final Report Published 22 Sep 2023 Paragraph 21 Addressed to Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Media Bill All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Recommendation (the committee's words)
We are concerned that the “backstop” power, enabling the Secretary of State to specify new categories of audiovisual content should the Secretary of State consider that they are being underserved, creates the perception that media regulation is no longer independent of government. We recommend that the Secretary of State’s power to specify new categories of audiovisual content should only be exercisable following a recommendation from Ofcom.

From: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Thirteenth Report - Draft Media Bill: Final Report (HC 1807), paragraph 21, 22 September 2023

Government response

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