To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2008, Official Report, column 1296W, on the Advertising Standards Authority: public appointments, what requirement there is on the Chairman of the Authority to have regard to a balance of political views when making appointments to the Advertising Standards Authority Council. (230012)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Council operates independently of the Government, and therefore this is a matter for the ASA.