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BBC: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the BBC board on impartiality in news coverage of the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled: 26 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 30 Jul 2024
Answer: 2 Aug 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

26 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the BBC board on impartiality in news coverage of the conflict in Israel and Gaza.
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Aug 2024
Answer published
My Department meets regularly with representatives of the BBC on a range of matters.The BBC is editorially and operationally independent of the Government. As the external independent regulator of the BBC, Ofcom is responsible for ensuring BBC coverage is...

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