United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 8480
BBC: Information Services
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27 January 2020
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30 January 2020 · Answer
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30 January 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of the closure of the BBC Red Button Teletext service on the public's access to information.
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27 January 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of the closure of the BBC Red Button Teletext service on the public's access to information.
Source: Commons
30 January 2020
Answer
The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from the government; therefore, the government has no role in deciding whether BBC services, such as the BBC Red Button teletext service, should be continued. It is the BBC’s responsibility to assess th...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-01-27/8480
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1173386
- uk · wq-1173386 · source updated 30 January 2020