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Debate between John Whittingdale and Andrew Stephenson
Thursday 3rd March 2016

(8 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Whittingdale Portrait Mr Whittingdale
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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 Portrait Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con)
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3. What assessment he has made of the level of uptake of the satellite broadband voucher scheme in Lancashire.