Media: Press Sustainability Debate

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Media: Press Sustainability

Lord Robathan Excerpts
Thursday 22nd March 2018

(6 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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I am not in a position to anticipate how Dame Frances is going to proceed with the review.

Lord Robathan Portrait Lord Robathan (Con)
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My Lords, have Her Majesty’s Government made any assessment of the funding of Impress by Mr Max Mosley?

Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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We recognise that Impress is now recognised by the PRP and that some but not many newspapers at a national level have engaged with it. We also recognise the importance of IPSO and, indeed, of those newspapers, such as the Guardian and the Financial Times, which have instigated their own independent review positions.