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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 Chairman, Public Members (or lay) and Press (or industry) Members.

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

The Public Members and Press Members are appointed by an independent Appointments Commission. 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 Press 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.

There is presently a vacancy for a lay Commission member on the Commission, which we are currently in the process of appointing.

Commission Members

Baroness Buscombe

Baroness Buscombe
Chairman
( click here for Baroness Buscombe's biographical notes)

Matti Alderson

Matti Alderson
Chairman, Direct Marketing Commission
Director, Firehorses Ltd

John Home Robertson

John Home Robertson
Former MP

Anthony Longden Anthony Longden
Managing Editor, North & East London Newsquest
Ian MacGregor

Ian MacGregor
Editor, The Sunday Telegraph

John McLellan

John McLellan
Editor, The Scotsman

Ian Nichol

Ian Nichol
Accountant
Member of Criminal Cases Review Commission

Lindsay Nicholson Lindsay Nicholson
Editorial Director, Good Housekeeping
Simon Reynoldsl Simon Reynolds
Editorial Director
Lancashire Evening Post & Wigan Evening Post
Esther Roberton

Esther Roberton
Director (non-Executive), Scottish Council for Development and Industry

Eve Salomon

Eve Salomon
Chairman, RICS Regulatory Board
Chair, Internet Watch Foundation
Commissioner, Gambling Commission

Simon Sapper

Simon Sapper
Assistant Secretary, Communication Workers' Union

Julie Spence OBE QPM Julie Spence OBE QPM
Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Bishop John Waine

The Rt Rev John Waine KCVO
Member of the Foundation, University of Essex

Professor Ian Walden Professor Ian Walden
Professor of Information and Communications Law, Queen Mary, University of London
Tina Weaver Tina Weaver
Editor, Sunday Mirror
Peter Wright
Peter Wright
Editor, The Mail on Sunday
 
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