Culture, Media and Sport - Minutes of Evidence[Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 21 May 2003.

TUESDAY 1 APRIL 2003

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Members present:

Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair

Mr Chris Bryant	Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Frank Doran	Rosemary McKenna
Michael Fabricant	Ms Debra Shipley
Mr Adrian Flook	John Thurso
Alan Keen	Derek Wyatt

CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC)

Telephone Calls

Examination of Witnesses

LORD DUBS OF BATTERSEA, Chairman, MR PAUL BOLT, Director, MS JUDITH BARNES, Head of Complaints (Fairness & Privacy), and MR STRACHAN HEPPELL, CB, Commissioner, Broadcasting Standards Commission, examined.

Question Number

678-679

680-699

700-719

720-740

Examination of Witnesses

RT HON BARONESS SCOTLAND OF ASTHAL, QC, a Member of the House of Lords, Parliamentary Secretary, MR NICHOLAS HODGSON, Legal Adviser, and MR DAVID WILLINK, Civil Law Development Division, Lord Chancellor's Department, examined.

Question Number

741-759

760-769

Memorandum submitted by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Examination of Witnesses

RT HON TESSA JOWELL, a Member of the House, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and MR ANDREW RAMSAY, Director of Broadcasting Policy and Creative Industries Division, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, examined.

Question Number

770-779

780-799

800-807

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Examination of Witnesses

LORD CURRIE OF MARYLEBONE, a Member of the House of Lords, Chairman, MR STEPHEN CARTER, Chief Executive, and MR DOMINIC MORRIS, Policy Adviser, Ofcom, examined.

Question Number

808-819

820-839

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Prepared 16 June 2003