Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mark Fisher (Labour), on Tuesday, 7 July 1992, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 66 members in total.

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THE PRESS COMPLAINTS COMMISSION AND THE MENTALLY DISORDERED

That this House regrets that the First Annual Report of the Press Complaints Commission makes no reference to parliamentary concern about the Commission, raised by the Matthew Trust in its report on press intrusion and the mentally disordered, that the Commission's perceived independence is compromised by its Chairman being appointed by the newspaper publishers' body, Pressbof, that the Code of Practice is drawn up by newspaper editors and that the Commission receives its financial support from the newspaper industry; and further believes that the Press Complaints Commission will not be seen to be independent while its brief allows it to promote newspapers which disregard its own Code of Practice.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

438 

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Codes of practice Mental capacity Press Complaints Commission Press freedom Matthew Trust

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk