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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. Why is there no right to appeal against decisions made by the executive complaints unit in the BBC? Does the Minister agree that it would strengthen confidence in the BBC if there were an independent complaints process enabling people to appeal against those decisions?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Nov 2022
BBC Local Radio: Proposed Reduction in Provision

"Thank you for calling me so early, Mr Speaker—obviously accelerated by the complete lack of Scottish Nat Members, which I am sure is by accident and not by design, but I do appreciate it.

Before we get carried away on a wave of claptrap, may I ask the obvious question? …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jun 2022
Channel 4 Privatisation

"The Secretary of State has outlined the legacy of what successive Conservative Governments have done to assist Channel 4. With that in mind, will she commit, under privatisation, to ringfencing and supporting the 81 essential jobs that Channel 4 has in Northern Ireland; to continuing, and growing, the £8 million …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jun 2022
Channel 4 Privatisation

"Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. As a matter of accuracy, would it not have been better if the hon. Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) had confirmed that over £250 million is paid into film making in Northern Ireland annually without any of those companies?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jun 2022
Channel 4 Privatisation

"When the Secretary of State opened her comments by saying how wonderful the live coverage of the jubilee was, I think I uttered a hearty, “Hear, hear.” The live production was very good and the BBC, Channel 4 and others played a key part, but at times the experience soured …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What recent advice she has received on the legality of the Government’s plans to amend primary legislation to adjust elements of the Northern Ireland protocol. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Attorney General and I appreciate the constraints within which she has to work on this matter. The Government are, of course, well within their rights to bring forward legislation to protect the integrity of the United Kingdom’s single economic market and protect the Union. Will the Attorney …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Apr 2022
Channel 4 Privatisation

"The small businesses in the creative sector in Northern Ireland have revolutionised television production in Northern Ireland beyond recognition. No one would have thought that a film about four or five wee girls growing up in the maiden city in Northern Ireland would have been such a dramatic success in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Mar 2022
BBC Accountability and Transparency

"Will the Minister continue to raise the issue of the complaints mechanism process with the BBC? In the last year for which figures are available, 2020-21, there were almost half a million audience complaints to the BBC about content. Eighteen resulted in a partially upheld or an upheld complaint. That …..."
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Written Question
Online Safety Bill (Draft)
Thursday 3rd March 2022

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with independent news publishers regarding the news publisher definition in the Online Safety Bill; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

Ministers and officials have consulted extensively with a wide range of stakeholders during the drafting of the Bill.

Online Safety legislation has been designed to safeguard access to journalistic content. News publishers’ content will be exempted from platforms’ new online safety duties. The criteria against which an organisation qualifies as a publisher is set in the draft Online Safety Bill. If an organisation meets these criteria, then its content will be exempt.

The Bill will also impose a duty on the biggest and riskiest companies, Category 1 companies, to safeguard all journalistic content shared on their platform. Through this duty, these platforms will need to have systems in place to ensure they take into account the importance of the free expression of journalistic content when operating their services.