Broadcasting: Regulation
Commons · Question 8805 · Tabled 10 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom regarding its ongoing investigations into alleged breaches of due impartiality and material misleadingness by licensed broadcasters; and whether her Depart
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 16 Jun 2026
Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code includes rules to ensure news, in whatever form, is reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartiality. Factual programmes must also not materially mislead the audience. While ministers and officials have regular disc...