| Heading: |
Media: Privacy |
| Question ID: |
1793168 |
| UIN: |
44818 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-07 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5221 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Steve Witherden
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Steve Witherden
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent (a) phone hacking and (b) press intrusion. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4607 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephanie Peacock
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| Answering Member handle: |
Steph_Peacock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Steph_Peacock
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| Answer text: |
The press have a responsibility to behave ethically and they must also operate within the bounds of the law. Any illegal conduct such as phone hacking would be a matter for the police.The Government does not intervene in or oversee the work of the UK’s in... |
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| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |