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Debate between Andrew Stephenson and John Whittingdale(8 years, 11 months ago)
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Mr Whittingdale
The hon. Lady must have looked at a different speech from the one I delivered. It certainly was not about bashing the BBC. Indeed, as soon as I finished making the speech, I had an extremely good meeting with the chairman of the BBC Trust, who did not mention anything about my bashing the BBC and welcomed what I had said.
The charter renewal is precisely about making the BBC fit for the future. I intend to bring forward the publication as soon as is possible, but, as the hon. Lady knows, there are a number of very important contributions, including the 192,000 consultations, that we want to take fully into account.
Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con)
3. What assessment he has made of the level of uptake of the satellite broadband voucher scheme in Lancashire.