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Justin Tomlinson Excerpts
Monday 12th November 2012

(11 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Justin Tomlinson Portrait Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon) (Con)
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If other media sources mess up, we can stop paying or switch off, forcing them to change. However, in the case of the BBC we must continue to pay. When will that change?

Maria Miller Portrait Maria Miller
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I am sure that that will always be an issue to be raised in the Chamber, and we obviously consider it when the time comes for the charter to be reviewed.