Broadcasting: Scotland

(asked on 10th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Scotland Office:

If he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on ensuring that public sector broadcasters uphold obligations on impartiality during election periods in Scotland.


Answered by
Iain Stewart Portrait
Iain Stewart
This question was answered on 10th March 2021

The Secretary of State for Scotland has raised concerns previously about BBC Scotland broadcasting the First Minister's daily press briefing, which so frequently is about SNP politics rather than public health information. In the run-up to the Holyrood elections, BBC Scotland must look carefully at its legal requirement for impartiality.

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