Question follow-through · 44134
Press: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of press regulation.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 3 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 11 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of press regulation.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Apr 2025
Answer published
In the UK, there exists an independent, self-regulatory system for the press and the Government therefore does not intervene in or oversee the work of press regulators. We are also clear, however, that with this freedom comes responsibility, and newspaper...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Broadcasting: Regulation
10 Jun 2026 · 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
Written question 900499
11 Jun 2026 · What recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing an inquiry on harmful media practices.