Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 42427

BBC: Broadcasting Programmes

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025

Question

Mark Pritchard

ConservativeThe Wrekin

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

Stephanie Peacock
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 ...

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