Ministerial statement on Thursday, 16 July 2015, in the House of Commons, led by John Whittingdale.

BBC Charter Review

Statement on the publication of a BBC charter review consultation paper.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 598 cc1119-1137
Session: 2015-16
Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: BBC Charter Review Public Consultation
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Command papers
House of Lords
House of Commons; Review of TV Licence Fee Enforcement
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Unprinted papers
House of Lords
House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP2015-0620
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons; A Review of the Governance and Regulation of the BBC and Summary of Consultation Responses
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Written statements
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: John Whittingdale | 598 cc1120-3 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement. I have today laid before Parliame...; Chris Bryant | 598 cc1123-4 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Secretary of State for foresight of his statement, which he very honourably ...; Matthew Offord | 598 c1124 (Link to this contribution)
I have.; Chris Bryant | 598 cc1124-5 (Link to this contribution)
You go on the wrong holidays! [Interruption.] Yes, probably in Russia—or Italy under Berlusconi.<...; John Whittingdale | 598 cc1125-7 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his recognition of our wish to co-operate with him by supplying th...; Lord Redwood | 598 c1127 (Link to this contribution)
Is it not now time for us to have a BBC England, to match BBC Scotland, and is it not the case th...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1127 (Link to this contribution)
On my right hon. Friend’s first point, the BBC has a duty to serve the nations and regions, and w...; John Nicolson | 598 c1127 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for bringing his Green Paper before the House and for the opport...; John Whittingdale | 598 cc1127-8 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman brings a particular knowledge and experience, as a former employee of the BBC,...; Damian Collins | 598 c1128 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State set out the concerns about the governance of the BBC and mentioned three o...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1128 (Link to this contribution)
It is fairly clear that the BBC Trust does not work in its present form. The shadow Secretary of ...; Ben Bradshaw | 598 c1128 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s statement and the Green Paper which, on the face of it, cert...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1128 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his opening remarks. The advisory panel is, as I sa...; Jason McCartney | 598 c1128 (Link to this contribution)
It was a pleasure to meet Professor Brian Cox, who was in Parliament yesterday to open the parlia...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1129 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I was sorry to miss the opening of the education unit; it...; Paul Farrelly | 598 c1129 (Link to this contribution)
After last week’s raid on the BBC, I want briefly to quote from February’s Select Committee repor...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1129 (Link to this contribution)
As the hon. Gentleman will be aware, the time available before the expiry of the charter is now q...; Julian Knight | 598 c1129 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is to be congratulated on the launch of this extensive consultation process ...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1129 (Link to this contribution)
I am aware of the widely held view that the BBC needs to do more to serve individual regions. In ...; Nia Griffith | 598 c1129 (Link to this contribution)
No one on the obscurely appointed panel is from Wales. The Secretary of State has just said that ...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1130 (Link to this contribution)
The funding by the Government of S4C, along with all the other elements of Government expenditure...; Peter Heaton-Jones | 598 c1130 (Link to this contribution)
There is a great deal that I, too, welcome in this document. Does the Secretary of State agree th...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1130 (Link to this contribution)
I completely agree with my hon. Friend about the importance of BBC local radio. It seems to me th...; Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 598 c1130 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to consult the Northern Ireland Executive on the ch...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1130 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, and I can give him the assurance that the Northern Ire...; John Howell | 598 c1131 (Link to this contribution)
I used to be a presenter for BBC World Service Television, so I am not one of the BBC-phobic MPs ...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1131 (Link to this contribution)
The growth of the independent production sector has been one of the outstanding successes of the ...; John McDonnell | 598 c1131 (Link to this contribution)
In his statement, the Secretary of State did not make a single reference to the BBC’s staff. I fi...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1131 (Link to this contribution)
I think that members of the BBC Trust will have heard what the hon. Gentleman has said. I certain...; Matt Warman | 598 c1131 (Link to this contribution)
As a journalist, I had the pleasure of covering a huge amount of the BBC’s programme output, and,...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1131 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. In its online activities, the BBC is operating in a highly ...; Jonathan Edwards | 598 c1132 (Link to this contribution)
Of major concern in Wales is the future of S4C, which has made real-terms cuts of 36% since 2010....; John Whittingdale | 598 c1132 (Link to this contribution)
S4C is publicly funded, and I do not think it is possible to exempt any publicly funded body from...; Stephen Phillips | 598 c1132 (Link to this contribution)
During the last Parliament, the Public Accounts Committee examined severance payments for BBC exe...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1132 (Link to this contribution)
I think it was the experience of witnessing some of the exchanges that took place between members...; Ian Jnr Paisley | 598 c1132 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Secretary of State’s very clear statement of intent. Will he assure us that he will...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1133 (Link to this contribution)
Of course I shall be happy to talk to the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues. I hope that he and h...; Ian Jnr Paisley | 598 c1133 (Link to this contribution)
Twitter.; John Whittingdale | 598 c1133 (Link to this contribution)
Oh—Twitter. I am not sure that it is for me to say how many people the BBC should employ tweeting...; Peter Bone | 598 c1133 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for making his important announcements to the House first, thus al...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1133 (Link to this contribution)
What I said was that there might be attractions in moving, in due course, towards at least an ele...; Ian Lucas | 598 c1133 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State is right in saying that BBC local radio is a highly valued service. Unfort...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1133 (Link to this contribution)
We have not decided whether there should be a contestable fund, but if there were, its purpose wo...; Matthew Offord | 598 c1133 (Link to this contribution)
Reading Hansard this week, I realised that I was not the only Member of the House to have witness...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1134 (Link to this contribution)
The BBC gains considerable income from its commercial activities, which are carried out by BBC Wo...; Gavin Robinson | 598 c1134 (Link to this contribution)
Mr Speaker, last night you missed the focus in the Chamber on my experience, or inexperience, of ...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1134 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman rightly identifies those services, which have recently entered the market and ...; Martin Vickers | 598 c1134 (Link to this contribution)
Somewhat inevitably, we as politicians judge the BBC in a slightly different way from the majorit...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1134 (Link to this contribution)
I hear what my hon. Friend says, and I have a lot of sympathy with him. The existing cost of the ...; Barry Sheerman | 598 c1135 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Secretary of State agree that this is an important time of change in broadcasting genera...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1135 (Link to this contribution)
I hope that the hon. Gentleman is not waiting for his invitation to go on “Any Questions”. I comp...; Edward Argar | 598 c1135 (Link to this contribution)
Like the right hon. Member for Belfast North (Mr Dodds), I am grateful to the Secretary of State ...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1135 (Link to this contribution)
I understand that there are strong feelings right across the House on the issue of decriminalisat...; Diana Johnson | 598 c1135 (Link to this contribution)
Many of my constituents value highly the local radio station, BBC Radio Humberside—no more so tha...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is absolutely right to point up the extremely important role that local radio plays...; Tom Pursglove | 598 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
In the past, I have asked the Secretary of State about the possibilities surrounding the BBC dive...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an important point. One of the BBC’s great assets is its extraordinary histo...; Sammy Wilson | 598 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
So long as the BBC is guaranteed a source of income, whether through the licence fee or the propo...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman makes the case for moving towards a subscription model, which, as I have said,...; Kevin Foster | 598 c1136 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the Secretary of State that the BBC across the UK is cherished and admired, not leas...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right, in that the BBC’s content should reflect all the different parts of the ...; Jeremy Lefroy | 598 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
Like the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley), the Secretary of State and hundreds of milli...; John Whittingdale | 598 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. As I indicated, the role of the World Service ...
Subjects: BBC Decriminalisation Finance Fees and charges Internet Independent Television Commission Public consultation Public service broadcasting Radio Non-payment Royal charters BBC Trust Television Licence Enforcement Review Streaming Television licences
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BBC Charter Review

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