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Written Question
BBC: Public Appointments
Monday 17th November 2025

Asked by: Alex Burghart (Conservative - Brentwood and Ongar)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department will be (a) involved in and (b) make representations to the BBC on the appointment of a Director General.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The BBC’s Royal Charter sets out that the Director General is appointed by the BBC’s Board, not the Government, and the process is led by the BBC Board’s Nominations and Governance Committee.

It will be for the BBC Board to set out its process for appointing a new DG in due course.

The Government stands ready to provide support, where it is requested and necessary.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Dec 2018
Digital Economy

"It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this important debate, and to be part of a debate in which several thoughtful points have been made from hon. Members of all parties.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for that answer. There is considerable concern in Shenfield in my constituency that the local library will close, and residents have already put together 1,000 signatures. What steps is the Department taking to ensure the future of local libraries?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Nov 2018
Centenary of the Armistice

"It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker), and indeed all hon. Members on both sides of the House, in what has been an extraordinarily powerful and emotional debate.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. What steps his Department is taking to reduce problem gambling. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Secretary of State for his response and for what he has done in this area. Does he agree that online gambling is in many ways more dangerous than gambling in bookies? What steps will he take to tackle that danger?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the European arrest warrant is just as important to our EU friends and partners as it is to us?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. What recent progress her Department has made on reaching the Government’s superfast broadband target for the end of 2017. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am grateful to the Secretary of State for her answer. People and businesses in my constituency are hungry for full-fibre broadband; when will they get it?..."
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