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Television Call-in Programmes

Volume 460: debated on Monday 21 May 2007

15. To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the regulation of television call-in programmes. (137942)

Responsibility for the regulation of these services rests with the independent regulators, Ofcom and ICSTIS. In response to recent concerns, ICSTIS has set out a range of actions aimed at restoring public trust in premium rate services. In addition, Ofcom is finalising its inquiry into the use of premium rate services in television programming. Separately, ICSTIS and Ofcom are also investigating specific cases and if these expose serious failures of compliance the regulators have the power to impose a range of sanctions on service providers.