Asked by: Baroness Grender (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will be required to declare any relevant interests; and if so, what is the process for doing so.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)
The Department published the names of the Advisory Group members, as well as their principal roles, both current and former, in July 2015. This information is shown in the table below:
Advisory Group Member | Current or former role |
Dawn Airey | Senior Vice President of Yahoo’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and formerly Chairman and Chief Executive of Channel 5.
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Dame Colette Bowe | Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, President of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer and former Chair of Ofcom.
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Andrew Fisher | Executive Chairman at Shazam.
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Darren Henley OBE
| CEO of Arts Council England and former Managing Director of Classic FM.
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Ashley Highfield | CEO of Johnston Press, one of the largest local media groups in the UK, and former director at the BBC.
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Alex Mahon | Former CEO of Shine Group, global television content production company.
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Lopa Patel MBE
| Digital entrepreneur and founder/CEO of NewAsianPost.com and Diversity UK.
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Stewart Purvis OBE | British broadcaster and academic, and former Editor-in-Chief and CEO of ITN.
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The Group has no legal status or powers and no decision-making or research commissioning functions. These are not public appointments and therefore the Group is not subject to the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.
Asked by: Baroness Grender (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how often the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will meet (1) each other and (2) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)
(1) As set out in the Advisory Group’s terms of reference the Group will meet approximately six times a year at times agreed in advance by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport’s office[1].
(2) These meetings will be chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
[1] Can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445912/TERMS_OF_REFERENCE.pdf)