Question follow-through · 52839
BBC: Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have urgent discussions with the Director General of the BBC on recent reports that a journalist with links to Hamas was used by the BBC to report on events in Gaza.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 16 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have urgent discussions with the Director General of the BBC on recent reports that a journalist with links to Hamas was used by the BBC to report on events in Gaza.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
Under its Royal Charter, the BBC has a duty to provide accurate and impartial news and information. As the BBC is independent the Government does not intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operational or editorial decisions.The Secretary of State meets regular...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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