HC Deb 25 October 1999 vol 336 cc756-7W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement on his future plans for the Radio Authority. [95152]

Janet Anderson

We intend to set up a new dedicated unit in my Department to consider the future regulation of broadcasting, building on the interim measures set out in "Regulating Communications: the Way Ahead", which was published by my Department and the DTI in June.