Media: Regulation
Commons · Question 82180 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with Ofcom on the effectiveness of the regulatory principles used to determine if an investigation should be carried out into comments made by media outlets.
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 21 Oct 2025
Ofcom, by law, carries out its investigations independently of the Government. Ofcom is accountable to Parliament, and the standards and objectives which underpin Ofcom’s rules and procedures are set out in legislation. Decisions over whether or not to in...