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Television: Advertising

Commons · Question 48966 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 8 May 2025

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Asked by Alberto Costa

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the regulation of televised advertisements depicting (a) violent imagery, (b) knifes and (c) other weapons during family viewing hours; and what steps s

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 8 May 2025

Although we have not had specific such conversations with Ofcom, we take the issue seriously. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) co-regulates broadcast advertising under contract with Ofcom and its sister organisation, the Broadcast Committee of Ad...