Children: Television

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Excerpts

Monday 21st November 2011 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Rawlings]

The noble Baroness is very expert on these matters and has gone to the core of the matter regarding radio programmes. It is up to the BBC to follow up on its children's programmes. The assessment of whether radio and television broadcasters are meeting their obligations towards children is a matter for Ofcom.

[Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville]

Does the Minister feel that the present arrangements for handling these matters are entirely satisfactory?

[Baroness Rawlings]

My noble friend Lord Brooke brings up a very important point. That is why the communications review Green Paper is being discussed at the moment. In the new year we will publish the Green Paper, through which all these ideas will be fed in to the Secretary of State before the Bill comes to this House.