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BBC White Paper

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

443 c1311-23 

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1321 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I can reassure the hon. Gentleman by pointing out that the specific purpose is to reflec...

Pat McFadden | 443 c1321-2 (Link to this contribution) Most Members will support a well-funded, high-quality and strong BBC. As the Secretary of State know...

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Baroness Jowell | 443 c1322 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. The licence fee payers—the people of this country—are best served by having...

Greg Clark | 443 c1322 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State said that the White Paper is rich in substance, but is not the truth that it ...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1322 (Link to this contribution) My answers are no and no to the hon. Gentleman’s first two points. The trust will not be a legal ent...

Tony Lloyd | 443 c1322 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the logic of the move to Manchester—I note her welcome for th...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1322 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that those with sense in the BBC will listen to my hon. Friend and take seriously what he ...

Edward Leigh | 443 c1323 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State knows that for years the Public Accounts Committee has been campaigning for t...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1323 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is well aware of the arguments that have been resisted by this Government and the...

Pete Wishart | 443 c1321 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State understand the bemusement that will be felt in Scotland at this promotio...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1321 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for making that point, and I hope that I can reassure him that an enormous am...

Lord Wills | 443 c1321 (Link to this contribution) I should first declare an interest, having worked for the BBC. As an independent producer, I both be...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1321 (Link to this contribution) The Government’s view is that it is a broadcasting cost, so it should be met by the licence fee.

Philip Davies | 443 c1321 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State referred to a targeted assistance programme for the poorest people, in order ...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1321 (Link to this contribution) I agree with everything that my hon. Friend says.

Anne Begg | 443 c1320-1 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the White Paper and her comments today should give BBC viewers ...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1320 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that I can commend all the BBC regional television stations and the excellence of BBC Radi...

Mark Pritchard | 443 c1320 (Link to this contribution) What extra funding will be given to the BBC in the regions, and does the Secretary of State agree th...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1320 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that question. This proposal has widespread support in the House and I ur...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1320 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend and pay tribute to him for his work on the Select Committee. He is a little h...

Alan Keen | 443 c1319-20 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on ensuring that the BBC maintains its uniqueness. In order to h...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1320 (Link to this contribution) A governor will have responsibility for Northern Ireland, and value for money will be a discipline t...

Gregory Campbell | 443 c1320 (Link to this contribution) The fourth of the six new purposes mentions reflecting the identity of the nations and regions of th...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1319 (Link to this contribution) Public support for the BBC is not reflected in ““jam tomorrow””; it is reflected in the polling and ...

Dennis Skinner | 443 c1319 (Link to this contribution) Is the Secretary of State aware that some of us who have been ardent defenders of the public sector ...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1319 (Link to this contribution) The trust will be structurally separate from the executive and, as I have said on a number of occasi...

Nigel Evans | 443 c1319 (Link to this contribution) How independent will the trust be from the BBC? Does she agree that it is always better to have an i...

Speaker | 443 c1319 (Link to this contribution) Order. Many Members are hoping to catch my eye. Accordingly, I make a plea for brief questions and a...

Janet Anderson | 443 c1320 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will be aware of the support in the north-west region for the BBC’s proposals t...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1315-6 (Link to this contribution) With great respect to the hon. Gentleman, that was high on rhetoric and low on substance. He will be...

Lord Swire | 443 c1313-5 (Link to this contribution) First, may I thank the right hon. Lady for allowing me to have prior sight of both the White Paper a...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1311-3 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I should like to make a statement. I am today publishing a Whit...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1317 (Link to this contribution) I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for his distinguished c...

Gerald Kaufman | 443 c1316-7 (Link to this contribution) While many of us have great confidence in Michael Grade as chairman of the BBC and Mark Thompson as ...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1316 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has raised two important considerations. If the broadcasting market is to continu...

John Whittingdale | 443 c1316 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware that there have been numerous complaints from news providers, s...

Lord Foster of Bath | 443 c1317-8 (Link to this contribution) The test of the White Paper must be whether it guarantees a strong, independent and securely funded ...

Baroness Jowell | 443 c1318-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his generosity. During the development of the White Paper, the centr...

Subjects

BBC Competition Fees and charges Governing bodies Public service broadcasting Royal charters Television licences

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