§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if members of the Independent Television Commission are appointed on a regional basis. [64582]
§ Dr. HowellsI have been asked to reply.
Members of the Independent Television Commission are appointed in accordance with the provisions of the 1990 Broadcasting Act. Schedule 1 to that Act provides that three of the members of the Commission, other than the chairman and deputy chairman, shall be persons who appear to the Secretary of State to be suited to make the interests of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively, their special care.