Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Media Bill

Culture, Media and Sport Committee Closed Legislative scrutiny
Opened: 19 Apr 2023 Closed: 5 Feb 2024 Parliament page
The DCMS Committee is inviting views on a draft Bill aimed at modernising broadcasting legislation to help public service broadcasters meet the challenges created by the growth of on-demand services and new technology. The Government’s draft Media Bill , published last month, would broaden how broadcasters can meet their public … Read more
30 Recommendations
5 Conclusions
2 Reports
4 Oral sessions
1 Letter
4 Events
Activity timeline 12 events
21 Nov
2023
Correspondence
17 Nov
2023
Report published
22 Sep
2023
Report published
21 Jul
2023
Report published
4 Jul
2023
Oral evidence
4 Jul
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
27 Jun
2023
Oral evidence
27 Jun
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
20 Jun
2023
Oral evidence
20 Jun
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
6 Jun
2023
Oral evidence
6 Jun
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
4 Jul 2023
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Colin Browne · Voice of the Listener and Viewer Kate Biggs · Ofcom Kate Davies · Ofcom Robert Specterman-Green · Department for Culture, Media and Sport Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale MP · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
27 Jun 2023
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Alistair Law · Sky Anna Hatfield · Amazon Benjamin King · Netflix Lewis Walmesley-Browne · techUK Richard Stern · TuneIn Rosie Johnston-Luff · Google
20 Jun 2023
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Clare Sumner CBE · BBC Elin Morris · S4C John Morrison · MG Alba Martin Steers · UK Community Radio Network Matt Payton · Radiocentre Paul Oldfield · BBC
6 Jun 2023
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Khalid Hayat · Channel 4 Magnus Brooke · ITV Mitchell Simmons · Paramount
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirteenth Report - Draft Media Bill: Final Report HC 1807 22 Sep 2023 21
Twelfth Report - Draft Media Bill: Radio Measures HC 1287 21 Jul 2023 14 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
1 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Twelfth Report - Draft Media Bill:…
Provide Ofcom with clearer guidance on enforcing local radio's news obligations.
Local news and information is what makes many people turn to local radio and we agree that the Government should prioritise this area. However, we are concerned that Ofcom regards its responsibilities as unclear, especially given that the Government committed … Read more
Government Response
The government made technical changes to the Bill and updated Explanatory Notes to clarify local news obligations on the face of the Bill, but decided not to publish further separate guidance at this stage.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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14 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Twelfth Report - Draft Media Bill:…
Require Ofcom to consider resource implications when recommending radio service designation thresholds.
The absence of a full impact assessment of the radio provisions makes it difficult to ascertain how burdensome the preferred route provisions will be. However, the evidence we heard suggests that there will be far fewer routes required than platforms … Read more
Government Response
The government partially accepted the recommendation, stating it does not anticipate disproportionate burden but has amended the Bill to require that a station’s request for a particular route must be reasonable, providing additional assurances to platforms.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Government Response AI assessment · 14 of 30 classified
Accepted 7
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 2
Rejected 3
Total 30 recs + 5 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
21 Nov 2023 To committee Letter from Kate Biggs, Director of Public Policy, Ofcom, relating to Ofcom’s response to the Committee’s Draft Media Bill Reports, dated 15 November 2023
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