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

I thank the hon. Gentleman. I would not be at all surprised if his Committee were to do so, because that would start to reflect the appropriate balance within our society. The regulation of media contracts has always relied on a mix of statutory controls and voluntary codes of practice, as well as self-restraint, although that might sometimes have been rather less evident than would otherwise be the case. It was interesting to hear the hon. Gentleman's account of the Steven Spielberg film ““Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom””—the director accepted with hindsight that the board was right and he was wrong.