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The Government releases its Impact Assessments of the draft Media Bill

United Kingdom
30/06/2023
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On 29th June 2023, the Government published its impact assessments on the draft Media Bill (the “Impact Assessments”).

The purpose of the Impact Assessments is to assess the potential effects the draft Media Bill will have on the UK media industry and also the effectiveness of the draft Media Bill in achieving the Government’s policy objectives.

The Government has released an overarching Impact Assessment that analyses the draft Media Bill as a whole, as well as four specific Impact Assessments on:

To view the Impact Assessments, click here.

The Impact Assessments will be updated again once amendments to the draft Media Bill have been made, and then submitted to the Regulatory Policy Committee for independent review and scrutiny. The updated set will also be published when the final Media Bill is introduced.

CMS is currently reviewing the Impact Assessments and will be publishing our analysis in the coming days, so do bookmark this page and return for in-depth reviews soon.

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