Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 94127

Proscribed Organisations: Broadcasting

Tabled: 24 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the regulatory handling of broadcasters with potential links to proscribed organisations.

Answer

Ian Murray

Ofcom, by law, carries out its duties independently of the Government. Ofcom has an ongoing duty, under the Broadcasting Acts 1990 and 1996, to be satisfied that any person holding a broadcasting licence is, and remains, fit and proper to hold those licen...

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