Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his oral contribution of 9 May 2018, Official Report, column 712, what steps he is taking to consult on the terms of reference of the review of press standards in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
Answer
Ministerial meetings with colleagues/MPs are not normally detailed.
We have amended the Data Protection Bill to place a requirement on the Information Commissioner to conduct a statutory review of the media’s compliance with the new data protection legislation over the next four years. The Commissioner's final report must include specific consideration of the extent of compliance in each part of the United Kingdom. Alongside that review, we propose to have a named person review journalistic compliance with data protection rules in Northern Ireland in four years' time. This approach, details of which will be finalised in due course, reflects the fact that while data protection is reserved, press regulation is devolved