Written question asked by Lord Grocott (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 March 1997. It was answered by Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Conservative) on Monday, 3 March 1997 on behalf of the Department of National Heritage.

Dept of National Heritage

Question: If she will undertake a review of the quality of television programmes. (Failed OPQ)

Answer: Mr. Grocott: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will undertake a review of the quality of television programmes. [16724] Mrs. Virginia Bottomley: The monitoring of the quality of television programmes on independent television and the BBC is the responsibility of the Independent Television Commission and the BBC board of governors respectively. The ITC publishes an annual review of the performance of Channel 3 licencees and Channel 4 and the BBC governors report each year on the corporation's performance in the BBC annual report.

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