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1205118

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Newspaper Press: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to work with IMPRESS or other independent regulators.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	61435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>An independent press is vital to a strong and healthy democracy. The government is supportive of the independence of self-regulatory bodies. Ministers and officials are open to engagement with such bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 24/06/2020 09:14:55 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1204490

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Newspaper Press: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that newspapers and their websites are properly regulated.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	59698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to a free and independent press, and does not intervene in what the press can and cannot publish.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There now exists a strengthened, independent, self-regulatory system for the press. The majority of traditional publishers—including 95% of national newspapers by circulation—are members of IPSO. A small number of publishers have joined IMPRESS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 22/06/2020 13:15:57 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1184722

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Newspaper Press: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he will meet with representatives of Hacked Off to discuss legislation changes that will ensure that all newspapers and their websites are independently regulated.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	28766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to a free and independent media. DCMS ministers and officials regularly meet with a range of stakeholders to discuss a range of issues, and will consider any proposals put forward with regard to regulation of newspapers and their websites.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 17/03/2020 10:57:48 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1167107

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Newspaper Press: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of press regulation by the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	7132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Since the report of the Leveson Inquiry was published in 2012, we have seen a fundamental reform of the self-regulatory landscape for the press, including the establishment of two new regulators, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) and IMPRESS.</p><p> </p><p>IPSO has established strong regulatory standards and codes for its members, and offers individuals a means of redress where these standards are not met.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 05/11/2019 13:55:02 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous