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ABOUT THE COMMISSION

There are seventeen members of the Press Complaints Commission. A majority of them have no connection with the press - ensuring that the PCC is independent of the newspaper industry.

There are three classes of members: the Chair, Public Members (or lay) and Editorial (or industry) Members.

The independent Chair is appointed by the newspaper and magazine publishing industry. The Chair must not be engaged in or, otherwise than by his office as Chair, connected with or interested in the business of publishing newspapers, periodicals or magazines. The current Chair is Lord Hunt of Wirral.

The Public Members and Editorial Members are appointed by the Nominations Committee. None of the Public Members can be engaged in or, otherwise than by their membership of the Commission, connected with or interested in the business of publishing newspapers, periodicals or magazines. Each of the Editorial Members must be a person experienced at senior editorial level in the press.

The Commission takes the final decision about all complaints handled by the PCC, in particular those referred to it for adjudication. Commission members also function as Directors of the PCC, so have ultimate responsibility for the management of the Commission.

The Commission now publishes the minutes of its meetings. These can be found here.

To see the register of interests of Commission members, please click here.

Commission Members

Lord Hunt of Wirral (public member)
Chair
(click here for Lord Hunt's biographical notes)

Lord Grade of Yarmouth CBE (public member)
Former BBC Chairman, Executive Chairman of ITV plc and Chief Executive of Channel 4.
Anthony Longden Anthony Longden (editorial member)
Managing Editor, North & East London Newsquest
Ian MacGregor

Ian MacGregor (editorial member)
Editor, The Sunday Telegraph

John McLellan

John McLellan (editorial member)
Editor, The Scotsman

Ian Nichol

Ian Nichol (public member)
Accountant
Member of Criminal Cases Review Commission

Lindsay Nicholson Lindsay Nicholson (editorial member)
Editorial Director, Good Housekeeping
Simon Reynoldsl Simon Reynolds (editorial member)
Editorial Director
Lancashire Evening Post Ltd
Esther Roberton

Esther Roberton (public member)
Chair, Sacro

Jeremy Roberts QC (public member)
Former Permanent Judge at the Central Criminal Court
Simon Sapper

Simon Sapper (public member)
Assistant Secretary, Communication Workers' Union

Julie Spence OBE QPM Julie Spence OBE QPM (public member)
Former Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Michael Smyth CBE Michael Smyth CBE (public member)
Chairman, Public Concern at Work
Retired Senior Partner, Clifford Chance
Professor Ian Walden Professor Ian Walden (public member)
Professor of Information and Communications Law, Queen Mary, University of London
Neil Watts (public member)
Consultant Headteacher, Suffolk County Council
Tina Weaver Tina Weaver (editorial member)
Editor, Sunday Mirror
Peter Wright
Peter Wright (editorial member)
Editor, The Mail on Sunday
 
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