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Debate between Lord Mann and Maria Miller(11 years, 5 months ago)
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Maria Miller
The hon. Gentleman is right that a mixed media in this country is important—both broadcast and press have an important role to play. He can have an assurance today that the Government, working in support of the Trust, are trying to ensure that the BBC goes back to being a global player in terms of highly respected journalism, including investigative journalism.
John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab)
How can the BBC move on unless and until Lord Patten is sacked?
Maria Miller
The hon. Gentleman wants to ensure that the BBC can move on from the situation it is in today, but perhaps he needs to join me in looking at the outcome of the three ongoing reviews before he calls for further changes.
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Debate between Lord Mann and Maria Miller(11 years, 7 months ago)
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Maria Miller
The hon. Lady will know that the reshuffle has delivered some very fast changes. We had announcements last Friday on freeing up the roll-out of superfast broadband from some of the regulations and red tape preventing us from moving forward as fast as we need to. I hope that she will join me in encouraging her constituents and others to support our measures.
John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab)
9. How many facilities for heptathletes are planned for construction in the next four years.