EDITORS' CODE OF PRACTICE COMMITTEE | RELEASES

The Editors' Code of Practice Committee occasionally releases press statements to announce amendments to the Code, and also gives evidence to official inquiries into press self-regulation and associated issues.

Click on the topic below to read statements issued since 2005:

New Code Committee Chairman announced (March 2008)
The Editors' Code book goes online (December 2007)
Editors' Committee's review of the Code (December 2007)
PCC Report on subterfuge and newsgathering (November 2007)
Preamble changes and amendment to Clause 10 Clandestine Devices and Subterfuge (June 2007)
Suicide reporting: Amendment to Clause 5 Intrusion into Grief or Shock
Gender recognition: Change to Discrimination Clause 12i (May 2005)
Code Committee submission to House of Commons Select committee on Culture, Media and Sport inquiry into press self-regulation (March 2007)
Code Committee response to Government consultation on Payments to Criminals (February 2007)

Code Committee Chairman's Reports:

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