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BBC White Paper

Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the logic of the move to Manchester—I note her welcome for that—is not regeneration, as the Liberal Democrats seem to think, but about unlocking the creativity of the whole nation and ensuring that we build up the clusters and cultures that can deliver the television of the future? In that context, can she make it clear to those in the BBC who are resistant to the move that they cannot use it as a bargaining chip in licence fee negotiations, because the logic of the move has to be determined entirely by what is good for the viewing public?