United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 59707
BBC: Ownership
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16 June 2020
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23 June 2020 · Answer
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23 June 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of relinquishing Government ownership of the BBC to licence fee payers.
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16 June 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of relinquishing Government ownership of the BBC to licence fee payers.
Source: Commons
23 June 2020
Answer
The Royal Charter is the constitutional basis of the BBC which guarantees the BBC’s independence and provides the framework for how the BBC is governed and funded. The Royal Charter was renewed in 2017 for 11 years and the Government has no plans to revie...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-16/59707
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1204506
- uk · wq-1204506 · source updated 23 June 2020