Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to bring forward legislation to remove the public-service conditions imposed on Channel 4 or to privatise it; and if so, when.
There are no plans currently to remove the public-service conditions imposed on Channel 4 or to privatise it. The Government is awaiting the outcome of Ofcom’s third review of Public Service Broadcasting before considering whether any changes are needed to the public service broadcasting system as a whole.