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BBC: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC on the adequacy of the political impartiality in its news and current affairs output.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC on the adequacy of the political impartiality in its news and current affairs output.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State meets regularly with the Chair of the BBC to discuss a wide range of issues.For any public service broadcaster, accountability and trust are key. It is important that the BBC continues to demonstrate how it is working diligently to ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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