Gareth Johnson
Main Page: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)Urgent Questions are proposed each morning by backbench MPs, and up to two may be selected each day by the Speaker. Chosen Urgent Questions are announced 30 minutes before Parliament sits each day.
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Mr Speaker
Order. I am keen to accommodate remaining colleagues as there is but a sprinkling of them.
Mr Speaker
Order. Mr Johnson, you can take your seat and be comfortable. Brevity would assist us in this process. You can rise again now.
Gareth Johnson
There is no doubt that “Newsnight” broadcast a car crash of a television programme or that changes are needed at the BBC, but does the Secretary of State agree that it would be a mistake to use the problems emanating from that “Newsnight” programme and the current difficulties at the BBC to rubbish everything it does and all it stands for?
Maria Miller
My hon. Friend says that it is important to value the wide cross-section of things that the BBC does. He is right to do that, but it is also right to ensure that such an important institution in this country has the right management structures in place for people to have full confidence in it.