Question follow-through · 43706
Newspaper Press: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing mandatory independent press regulation.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 2 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 11 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing mandatory independent press regulation.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government currently has no plans to establish mandatory press regulation.This Government is committed to an independent and free media. Having a press that is completely separate from the Government is important to ensure the public have access to ac...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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