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Recommendation 19

Thirteenth Report - Draft Media Bill: Final Report Published 22 Sep 2023 Paragraph 109 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)
The Government’s approach to the scrutiny of the Secretary of State’s power to designate Tier 1 services is confused. Putting information into the public domain at the same time as legislating is not a substitute for parliamentary scrutiny of increased regulation, especially where the Government has argued there are issues of freedom of speech involved. We recommend, should the Government proceed with its tiered approach, it should be required to lay before Parliament a list of services to be designated no fewer than 5 sitting days before the statutory designation is made.

From: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Thirteenth Report - Draft Media Bill: Final Report (HC 1807), paragraph 109, 22 September 2023

Government response

No government response is linked to this report.