The MRC regularly submits evidence and original analysis to parliamentary inquiries, public consultations and government policy reviews on the media. Our submissions can be found here:

Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee – ‘State of Play’ inquiry on future Committee work (February 2025)

CMA Strategic Market Status investigation into Google’s general search services – joint submission with Impress and the Independent Media Association (February 2025)

DCMS consultation on updating the media mergers regime (December 2024)

Ofcom Public Service Media (PSM) Review 2024 – initial submission to ‘Phase 1’ assessment (December 2024)

DCMS review of the BBC funding model (March 2024)

House of Lords Communications Committee ‘Future of News’ inquiry (February 2024)

Ofcom’s public interest test on the proposed Telegraph Media Group buyout by RedBird IMI (December 2023)

DCMS consultation on the renewal of local TV licences (August 2023)

UK COVID-19 Inquiry by the Public Interest News Foundation and Others. ‘All In, All Together’ (July 2023)

Broadcasting in Wales Inquiry (August 2022)

DCMS Committee on the sustainability of local journalism (March 2022) 

House of Lords Communications Committee inquiry on BBC funding (March 2022)

House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee inquiry on the privatisation of Channel 4 (Sept 2021)

Government consultation on a potential change of ownership of Channel 4 Television Corporation (Sept 2021)

Ofcom Small Screen: Big Debate Review (March 2021)

‘Future of Public Service Broadcasting’ inquiry (June 2020)

Lords inquiry on the future of journalism (April 2020)

Online harms white paper (July 2019)

BBC Editorial Guidelines consultation (Nov 2018)

Cairncross Review (Sept 2018)

Fox/Sky takeover: archive of civil society submissions (May 2017)

Ofcom submission on Fox/Sky bid (March 2017)

BBC Charter Review (March 2015)

Lords Select Committee on Communications (May 2013)