Broadcasting

Christian Matheson Excerpts

Tuesday 18th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Karen Bradley]

The BBC has agreed to this through negotiations and discussions, and I am confident that the funding settlement puts the BBC on a sustainable long-term footing.

[Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab)]

rose—

[Karen Bradley]

I will take one more intervention, and then I will make some progress.

[Christian Matheson]

I must correct my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant). This funding mechanism is not to pay for free TV licences; it is, surely, to pay for a Conservative manifesto commitment.

[Karen Bradley]

The funding settlement is to pay for the very best BBC, which we all want to see. I am absolutely confident that this funding settlement will provide that.