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Recommendations: Leveson Inquiry

1,814 tracked recommendations 35 inquiries 19 match current filters

Recommendations issued by UK statutory and non-statutory inquiries, with their tracked government response and supporting evidence.

Recommendations

19 of 1,814

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
L50	Compensation for Distress It should be made clear that the right to compensation for distress conferred by section 13 of the Data Protection Act 1998 …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L72	Exemplary Damages for Media Torts Exemplary damages (whether so described or renamed as punitive damages) should be available for actions for breach of privacy, breach of confidence …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L75	Discontinue Off-the-record Term The term 'off-the-record briefing' should be discontinued. The term 'non-reportable briefing' should be used to cover a background briefing which is not …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L76	ACPO Media Contact Recording It should be mandatory for ACPO rank officers to record all of their contact with the media, and for that record to …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L77	Police Media Contact Rule The simple rule included within the 'Interim ACPO Guidance for Relationships with the Media' should be adopted as good practice. This is: …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L78	PNC Access Auditing The Police Service should re-examine the rigour of the auditing process and the frequency of the conduct of audits in relation to …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L79	ACPO Guidance on Hospitality The recent ACPO Guidance should more specifically spell out the dangers of consuming alcohol in a setting of casual hospitality (without necessarily …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L80	ACPO Post-employment Restrictions Consideration should be given to the terms upon which ACPO rank officers are appointed and, in particular, whether these terms should include …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L81	Enhanced Whistleblower Protection An enhanced system for protection of whistleblowers and for providing assistance for the Police Service on general ethical issues should at least …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L83	Disclosure of Media Contacts Party Leaders, Ministers and Front Bench Opposition spokesmen should consider publishing: (a) the simple fact of long term relationships with media proprietors, …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L84	Immediate Transparency Need The suggestions that I have made in the direction of greater transparency about meetings and contacts should be considered not just as …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L85	Plurality Focus on News The particular public policy goals of ensuring that citizens are informed and preventing too much influence in any one pair of hands …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L86	Include Online in Plurality Online publication should be included in any market assessment for consideration of plurality.	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L87	Plurality Measurement Framework Ofcom and the Government should work, with the industry, on the measurement framework, in order to achieve as great a measure of …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L88	Plurality Thresholds Lower Than Competition The levels of influence that would give rise to concerns in relation to plurality must be lower, and probably considerably lower, than …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L89	Full Menu of Plurality Remedies Ofcom has presented the Inquiry and the Government with a full menu of potential remedies, and it has not been argued or …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L90	Periodic Plurality Reviews The Government should consider whether periodic plurality reviews or an extension to the public interest test within the markets regime in competition …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L91	Media Merger Referral Consultation Before making a decision to refer a media merger to the competition authorities on public interest grounds, the Secretary of State should …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted
L92	Secretary of State Media Merger Decisions The Secretary of State should remain responsible for public interest decisions in relation to media mergers. The Secretary of State should be …	Leveson Inquiry (2012)	Accepted