Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport Third Report

 
 

 
Annex


Table 1: Relationship of inquiries in 2007 to Liaison Committee criteria
Inquiry  Government policy proposals  European Commission proposals  Deficient or emerging policy  Expenditure  PSA targets  Work of Executive Agencies and public bodies  Major appointments  Implementation of legislation 
BBC Annual Report for 2006-07     X      
DCMS Annual Report 2007     X  X    
London 2012 Olympic Games    X  X    
Call TV quiz shows    X       
Caring for our collections     X     
Ofcom Annual Plan 2007-08     X      
New media and the creative industries          
Self-regulation of the press    X        
Ticket touting    X        
Public service media content    X    X    
European Commission White Paper on Sport          
Public confidence in broadcasting    X    X    
On-course horserace betting    X       
Non-departmental public bodies     X  X    

Table 2: Impact of Committee inquiries upon Parliamentary proceedings
Inquiry  Impact 
London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games  Report described by former Secretary of State as "a very balanced, authoritative and measured report " (Oral Questions, 29 January 2007). A number of Parliamentary Questions answered by reference to Report text (for instance HC Deb 5 Feb 2007 col. 714W; 14 June 2007, col. 1180W)  
Public service content  Report tagged to debates in Westminster Hall on 4 and 5 December 2007 and welcomed or praised by Minister and Opposition front bench spokesman; section on children's programming directly supported by Early Day Motion 585 of Session 2007-08, signed by 61 Members from five political parties; conclusion on regional news programming cited by Early Day Motion 504, signed by 110 Members from seven political parties  
Women's football  Report (from Session 2005-06) tagged to debate in Westminster Hall on 4 December 2007  
Self-regulation of the press  Committee endorsed Government proposal for a custodial penalty to be available for the offence of unlawfully obtaining personal data, now one of the provisions in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill  
Protecting and preserving our heritage  Report debated in Westminster Hall on 25 January 2007; unusually high number of contributions from Members other than Committee members, indicating that the debate was timely and relevant  
New media and the creative industries  One of the Report's main recommendations (on copyright term) parallelled Early Day Motion 1392 of Session 2006-07, signed by 89 Members from seven political parties  
On-course horserace betting  Minutes of evidence tagged to debate in Westminster Hall on 21 November 2007; oral evidence acknowledged or cited by several contributors to the debate  
Harmful content on the internet and in video games  Inquiry welcomed by Early Day Motion 590, signed by 13 Members from four political parties  





 

 
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