Frank Field – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2016-10-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of bringing into force the costs sanctions under section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 on individual press titles that have joined the Independent Press Standards Organisation.

Matt Hancock

The Secretary of State and I are currently considering s.40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and we are meeting interested parties as part of these considerations.