Written questions

BBC: Broadcasting Programmes

Commons · Question 42427 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on ensuring that the programmes it commissions reflect the views of people from across the UK.

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 8 Apr 2025

As a public service broadcaster that matters hugely to public life, the BBC must be responsive to viewers and listeners and tell inclusive stories about the lives of all people, in all parts of the UK. Under the current Charter, the BBC has an obligation ...