The Communications and Digital Committee is a select committee of the House of Lords with the broad remit to "consider the media, digital and creative industries".
The first report of the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, about the BBC was issued on 25 July 2007. Previous to this, there had been ad hoc committees reporting on other topics. [1]
The remit of the committee is to "consider the media, digital and creative industries". [2]
Between 2006 and 2010, the Committee has held inquiries into the Chairmanship of the BBC, the focus and structure of Government communications with the public and the media, ownership of news media outlets, and the digital television and radio switchovers. [3] [4] [5] [1]
In October–November 2022, the committee conducted an inquiry into the future of creative industries in the UK, called "A creative future", also referred to as "Creative Futures". [6] [7] It received many submissions, including from the Creative Industries Policy Evidence Centre, [8] the National Foundation for Educational Research, [7] the life-size AI robot artist Ai-Da, Equity, and The Publishers Association. [9] Its report was published in January 2023 covering text and data mining; securing performers' rights; intellectual property and international trade; and AI and jobs. [10]
As of July 2025 [update] , the membership of the committee is as follows: [11]
Member | Party | |
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Baroness Keeley (Chair) | Labour | |
Viscount Colville of Culross | Crossbench | |
Lord Dunlop | Conservative | |
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay | Labour | |
Baroness Fleet | Conservative | |
Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill | Labour | |
Lord Holmes of Richmond | Conservative | |
Lord Knight of Weymouth | Labour | |
Bishop of Leeds | Bishops | |
Lord McNally | Liberal Democrat | |
Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge | Conservative | |
Lord Storey | Liberal Democrat | |
Baroness Wheatcroft | Crossbench |
This is the first report of the Select Committee on Communications. It deals with the selection, terms of employment and role of the Chairman of the BBC. It follows the work of the House of Lords Select Committee on BBC Charter Review which was an ad hoc committee established in 2005 to scrutinise the Government's plans for the future of the BBC.