Mr Roger Godsiff · LabourAnswering body: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will postpone the Fox takeover of Sky until the second half of the Leveson Inquiry has been completed.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
As set out in previous statements to the House, the Secretary of State's quasi-judicial responsibilities in relation to the proposed acquisition of Sky by 21st Century Fox will be discharged, robustly and transparently. Such decisions must also be taken as promptly as is reasonably practicable.
On 29 June the Secretary of State announced that she is minded-to refer the merger to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on media plurality grounds. In coming to a final decision, consideration will be given to the available evidence before her including any further representations received following the call for evidence which closed on 14 July.
Mr Jim Cunningham · LabourAnswering body: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish her response to the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The government is currently considering over 140,000 responses to the consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation.
Layla Moran · Liberal DemocratAnswering body: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will postpone any decision on the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox until after the publication of any report on the second stage of the Leveson Inquiry.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
As set out in previous statements to the House, the Secretary of State's quasi-judicial responsibilities in relation to the proposed acquisition of Sky by 21st Century Fox will be discharged thoroughly, robustly and transparently. Such decisions must also be taken as promptly as is reasonably practicable.
On 29 June the Secretary of State announced that she is minded-to refer the merger to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on media plurality grounds. In coming to a final decision, consideration will be given to the available evidence before her including any further representations received following the call for evidence which closed on 14 July.
Tom Watson · LabourAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish her response to her Department's consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation; and if she will make a statement.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The government is currently considering over 140,000 responses to the consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation.
Julie Elliott · LabourAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons no decision has yet been taken to commence the second part of the Leveson inquiry.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Government launched a consultation to look at Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry (as well as the commencement of section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013). The consultation ran until 10 January 2017 and further details can be found here:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-leveson-inquiry-and-its-implementation.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport made a statement on 11 January 2017: https://goo.gl/DJQpPC.
The government committed not to take any final decisions on the matters to which the consultation relates until a judicial review application was determined by the court. Legal proceedings have now concluded and the consultation responses are currently being considered.
That this House notes that 10 March 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the brutal and unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan of Llanfrechfa; congratulates BBC Radio Wales on its broadcast which featured an ex-police detective urging the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick to expose police wrongdoing; calls for the publication of the secret Tiberius Report which reveals the horrifying extent of police corruption among the London police; and offers its full support to the family of Daniel ...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on when to commence the second part of the Leveson inquiry; and if she will make a statement.
Government answer
Answering body: Home Office
I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided by the Minister of State for Security during Home Office Oral Answers to Questions on Monday 23 January 2017 (908280, Volume 620, column 7).
Helen Goodman · LabourAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many submissions to the consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation (a) supported and (b) opposed Part 2 of that Inquiry.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Baroness Buscombe · ConservativeAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Karen Bradley) has made the following Statement:The consultation ‘The Leveson Inquiry and its implementation’ closed on 10 January after running for ten weeks. We know there is a significant level of interest in the consultation and we are grateful for all the responses submitted. The total number of individual responses to the consultation received is estimated to be over 140,000 and a petition estimated to have over 130,0...
Recorded statement
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Karen Bradley) has made the following Statement:
The consultation ‘The Leveson Inquiry and its implementation’ closed on 10 January after running for ten weeks. We know there is a significant level of interest in the consultation and we are grateful for all the responses submitted. The total number of individual responses to the consultation received is estimated to be over 140,000 and a petition estimated to have over 130,000 signatures has also been received.
Karen Bradley · ConservativeAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
The consultation ‘The Leveson Inquiry and its implementation’ closed on 10 January after running for ten weeks. We know there is a significant level of interest in the consultation and we are grateful for all the responses submitted. The total number of individual responses to the consultation received is estimated to be over 140,000 and a petition estimated to have over 130,000 signatures has also been received.
Recorded statement
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The consultation ‘The Leveson Inquiry and its implementation’ closed on 10 January after running for ten weeks. We know there is a significant level of interest in the consultation and we are grateful for all the responses submitted. The total number of individual responses to the consultation received is estimated to be over 140,000 and a petition estimated to have over 130,000 signatures has also been received.
Margaret Ferrier · Scottish National PartyAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 11 January 2017, HCWS401, within what timescale her Department plans to complete analysis of the responses to the consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
An application for a judicial review of the consultation exercise has been made. The government has given an undertaking to the court that it will not take any final decisions on the matters to which this consultation relates until the court has determined the judicial review application. We are unable to commit to a timetable at this time.
That this House notes the significant consequences for local, regional and national publications if the Government was to commence section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013; recognises that the state should have no role in regulating publications; believes that the commencement of section 40 would curtail the freedom of the press in the UK by creating a chilling effect on journalism and would stifle investigative journalism; further notes that the commencement of section 40 would be an atte...
Andrea Jenkyns · ConservativeAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, what steps her Department has taken to protect regional publishers who do not wish to join an approved regulator.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Government launched a consultation on 1 November to look at two issues, one of which is the commencement of section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. As the consultation document sets out, the consultation is an opportunity for all interested indiv...
Andrea Jenkyns · ConservativeAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, what steps her Department has taken to protect the independence of regional press organisations.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Government launched a consultation on 1 November to look at two issues, one of which is the commencement of section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. As the consultation document sets out, the consultation is an opportunity for all interested indiv...
Diana Johnson · LabourAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to which stakeholders her Department has formally written to inform them that they might participate in the consultation on whether to conduct further investigations into standards, ethics and criminality in the press.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Ministers wrote to a small number of interested parties regarding the consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation, including interested Parliamentarians and victims of press abuse. The consultation runs until 10 January 2017 and is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-leveson-inquiry-and-its-implementation. We hope a wide range individuals and organisations respond.
Christian Matheson · LabourAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2016 to Question 45329, on the culture, practices and ethics of the Press Inquiry, which cases are referred to in that Answer.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
All criminal proceedings connected to the subject matter of the Leveson Inquiry, including the relevant appeals processes, have now concluded. The Government is currently consulting on Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry.
Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg · ConservativeAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications of bringing into effect section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 for the protections and privileges granted under the Parliamentary Papers Act 1840; and if she will make a statement.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The government launched a consultation on 1 November 2016 to look at two issues: commencement of section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013; and Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry. The consultation runs until 10 January 2017 and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-leveson-inquiry-and-its-implementation
Mr Barry Sheerman · LabourAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on the implementation of Part 2 of the Leveson inquiry.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Criminal proceedings connected to the subject matter of the Leveson Inquiry, including the appeals process, have not yet completed. We have always been clear that these cases must conclude before we consider Part 2 of the Inquiry.
Helen Goodman · LabourAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Leveson 2 inquiry will take place.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Criminal proceedings connected to the subject matter of the Leveson Inquiry, including the appeals process, have not yet completed. We have always been clear that these cases must conclude before we consider Part 2 of the Inquiry.
Helen Goodman · LabourAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with victims of press intrusion on the Leveson 2 inquiry.
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport met victims of press intrusion in March 2016 to discuss the Leveson Inquiry. Criminal proceedings connected to the subject matter of the Leveson Inquiry,including the appeals process, have not yet completed. We have always been clear that these cases must conclude before we consider Part 2 of the Inquiry.
Baroness Hollins · CrossbenchAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 16 June (HL576), whether the trial of Mazher Mahmood is among those cases she refers to as connected to the subject of the Leveson Inquiry and which must conclude
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
There are a number of on-going cases captured by the Leveson criteria, which were laid down to avoid the risk of prejudice to the right to fair trials in the criminal courts. The trial of Mazher Mahmood is one of these.
Baroness Hollins · CrossbenchAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 26 January (HL Deb, col 1152), who, in addition to Sir Brian Leveson, will be consulted before a decision on Leveson Part 2 is made, and what form that consultation will
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Criminal proceedings connected to the subject matter of the Leveson Inquiry, including the appeals process, have not yet been completed. We have always been clear that these cases must conclude before we consider Part 2 of the Inquiry.
Baroness Hollins · CrossbenchAnswering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Parliamentary excerpt
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 26 January (HL Deb, col 1152), whether it is their policy that the trial of Mazher Mahmood would need to be completed before Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry could take place
Government answer
Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Criminal proceedings connected to the subject matter of the Leveson Inquiry, including the appeals process, have not yet been completed. We have always been clear that these cases must conclude before we consider Part 2 of the Inquiry.