Department for Culture, Media and Sport written question – answered am ar 2 Awst 2024.
Oliver Dowden
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the BBC board on impartiality in news coverage of the conflict in Israel and Gaza.
Stephanie Peacock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
My Department meets regularly with representatives of the BBC on a range of matters.
The BBC is editorially and operationally independent of the Government. As the external independent regulator of the BBC, Ofcom is responsible for ensuring BBC coverage is duly impartial and accurate under the Broadcasting Code and BBC Charter.
Yes2 people think so
No5 people think not
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