British Board of Film Classification (Accountability to Parliament and Appeals) Bill

I should like to say a little about the proposal on the Home Affairs Committee later. I do not wish there to be a turf war, but as the hon. Member for Maldon and East Chelmsford said, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which he chairs, would be more appropriate in the first place. The problem is that the Bill does not say ““a Committee of the House”” or ““a Committee to be appointed by the House””, but specifies the Home Affairs Committee. Perhaps that could be put right on Report, but that is how the Bill approaches the issue. There is nothing to prevent the hon. Gentleman's Committee from recommending that the British Board of Film Classification should change its guidelines, if that was the Committee's view. It has the power now to make such a recommendation, through the House, to the board. The House could not require the board to follow it, and that raises the question whether the role of the House is to require such a thing or to recommend it, in respect of reflecting the views of the public and the discussion within a particular Select Committee inquiry.