BBC Funding Debate
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Margaret Ferrier
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(2 years, 5 months ago)
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Ms Dorries
That is an interesting concept, and I am sure that it will be part of the discussion.
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (Ind)
Is one option that the Secretary of State is considering to increase funding by allowing the BBC to carry advertisements? If so, has she considered the risk that that will remove the balanced factual basis of BBC news reporting?
Ms Dorries
As I said when I arrived at the Dispatch Box, we are beginning the discussions about how a future funding model for the BBC will look. We have not gone into that level of discussion yet.