Press Freedom

(asked on 23rd February 2015) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to uphold media freedoms.


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Lord Vaizey of Didcot
This question was answered on 26th February 2015

A free media is essential to the health of our democracy and this Government has always been clear it is vitally important to uphold that freedom. We have introduced a new system of independent press self-regulation. However, it is for the press to decide whether they wish to sign up.

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