Communications and Digital Committee

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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". In recent years, 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. [1]

Membership

As of October 2022, the membership of the committee is as follows: [2]

MemberParty
Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Chair) Conservative
Baroness Bull Crossbench
Baroness Featherstone Liberal Democrat 
Lord Foster of Bath Liberal Democrat
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port Labour
Lord Hall of Birkenhead Crossbench
Baroness Harding of Winscombe Conservative
Lord Lipsey Labour
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay Conservative
Baroness Rebuck Labour
Lord Vaizey of Didcot Conservative
Bishop of Worcester Bishops
Lord Young of Norwood Green Labour

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References

  1. Communications Committee: Reports from previous sessions
  2. "Communications Committee - membership". UK Parliament.