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Diana Johnson

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Hinkley Point C
Thursday 15th September 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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I will write to my right hon. Friend on that matter.

Diana Johnson Portrait Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
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The Secretary of State talked a lot in her statement about the nations, but will she say how the charter will impact on regional news programmes and local radio such as BBC Humberside?

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The decisions about news programming are editorial matters for the BBC and it has editorial independence as set out in the charter, but I strongly agree that we need strong regional programming across the whole of the UK, and that is what is clear in this charter.

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