Communications and Digital Committee

{{Short description|Select committee of the House of Lords}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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.[http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/communications-committee/publications/previous-sessions/ Communications Committee: Reports from previous sessions]

Membership

As of January 2025, the membership of the committee is as follows:{{cite web |title=Communications Committee − membership |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/communications-committee/membership/ |website=UK Parliament}}

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! Member

! colspan=2 | Party

Baroness Keeley{{0}}{{resize|(Chair)}}

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Labour

Viscount Colville of Culross

| {{party color cell|Crossbencher}}

| Crossbench

Lord Dunlop

| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Conservative

Baroness Fleet

| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Conservative

Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Labour

Lord Holmes of Richmond

| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Conservative

Lord Knight of Weymouth

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Labour

Bishop of Leeds

| {{party color cell|Lords Spiritual}}

| Bishops

Lord McNally

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| Liberal Democrat

Lord Mitchell

| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}

| Labour

Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge

| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}}

| Conservative

Lord Storey

| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

| Liberal Democrat

Baroness Wheatcroft

| {{party color cell|Crossbencher}}

| Crossbench

References