Full Menu of Plurality Remedies
Leveson Inquiry · An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press · Issued 29 November 2012 · Addressed to: Ofcom
Government responseUK Government: Under consideration (Aug 2014)
DeliveryNo statement from Ofcom found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Ofcom has presented the Inquiry and the Government with a full menu of potential remedies, and it has not been argued or suggested that any of them are inappropriate in principle. Each of them might be appropriate in a given set of circumstances and the relevant regulatory authority should have all of them in its armoury.
Leveson Inquiry, An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press · 29 Nov 2012 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
The Inquiry recommended that regulatory authorities hold a full menu of media plurality remedies. In a written parliamentary answer in November 2015, Ed Vaizey, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, stated that Ofcom had published a measurement framework, but the government needed to consider it and how to make a baseline assessment before considering further work in this area (Ed Vaizey, Nov 2015). The Department for Culture, Media and Sport previously stated in its August 2014 consultation report that it would not review existing regulatory levers or propose remedies until both the framework and baseline assessment were produced (Department for Culture, Media and Sport response, Aug 2014).
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Report-level response context
Government response
●UK Government · Under consideration · 6 Aug 2014
Government has been clear that it will not consider changes to the existing policy or regulatory framework for media plurality until the measurement framework and baseline assessment have been delivered, so that we can ensure any changes are proportionate and targeted. Therefore our response to the consultation does not seek to review existing regulatory and policy levers, nor does it seek to propose potential remedies.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Ofcom has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
What other bodies have found
●Department for Culture, Media and Sport · 12 Nov 2015
In response to Lord Leveson's recommendations on media plurality we asked Ofcom to consider how we measure media plurality in the UK. Ofcom published a framework for measurement on the 5th November. We will need to consider that framework and how we make a baseline assessment before we consider any further work in this area.
From: Media (written question 14742), Ed Vaizey, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy
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