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Recommendation 11

Thirteenth Report - Draft Media Bill: Final Report Published 22 Sep 2023 Paragraph 60 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)
Only those television selection services which are deemed to be used by a significant number of viewers in the UK to access TV content online will be regulated. While the Secretary of State may only designate these services or specify a description of them following a report from Ofcom, the fact that the Minister can decide against Ofcom’s recommendations means that their decision should be open to greater Parliamentary scrutiny. We recommend that the affirmative procedure should be used when the Secretary of State designates or specifies a description of regulated television selection services.

From: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Thirteenth Report - Draft Media Bill: Final Report (HC 1807), paragraph 60, 22 September 2023

Government response

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