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BBC: Gaza |
| Question ID: |
1816397 |
| UIN: |
62690 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4736 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dave Doogan
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davedoogansnp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@davedoogansnp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Centre for Media Monitoring's review of the BBC's reporting on the conflict in Gaza, published on 16 June 2025. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4607 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephanie Peacock
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| Answering Member handle: |
Steph_Peacock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Steph_Peacock
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| Answer text: |
The Government has not carried out a formal assessment of the potential implications of this report for its policy.The Government’s position is that editorial decisions are ultimately for the BBC, and that its editorial independence from Government is vit... |
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| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |