BBC Pay Debate
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Deidre Brock
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(6 years, 4 months ago)
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Matt Hancock
Of course the BBC has to deal with this objectively, but some very serious allegations have been raised. The BBC has said that it is going to get to the bottom of it. It must get to the bottom of it, and we will hold it to that.
Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith) (SNP)
I, too, declare an interest as a member of the APPG on the BBC. As such, I, too, welcome the BBC’s commitment to publish gender pay gap data and its independent audit of pay for most of its staff. However, the problem is that the BBC is in breach of the Equal Pay Act 1970. Surely 47 years is enough time to get its house in order.
Matt Hancock
One might have thought so. Now, thanks to the transparency measures that we have brought in, we are going to make sure that that happens.