§ 23. Mr. Mike O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what consultations he has held with owners and editors of national newspapers about the proposals by the Press Complaints Commission to strengthen self-regulation.
§ Mr. BrookeNone; but I have regular informal contacts with a range of owners and editors of national newspapers and am well aware of their views on press self-regulation, as on other matters. On 5 March I met representatives of the Press Standards of Finance Ltd. to discuss the industry's response to Sir David Calcutt's review of press self-regulation.