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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Jul 2019
BBC

"I thank the hon. Lady for giving way. She makes some very valid points, but she is letting the BBC off the hook and acting as an apologist for it. Does she recall that at the 2015 charter renewal, the BBC said that it was delighted with the terms of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Jul 2019
BBC

"Would my hon. Friend note that Channel 4 is also a public service broadcaster but it is not in receipt of any of the licence fee? It funds itself completely from advertising...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Jul 2019
BBC

"May I press the hon. Gentleman further on the BBC and the TV licence? What about over-75s who want to watch ITV or Channel 4 but, because of the licensing system, have to pay for the BBC? Is it not an anachronism that non-payment of the TV tax remains a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Jul 2019
BBC

"My hon. Friend is making some important points. BBC iPlayer is inaccessible outside the UK but it hosts the BBC’s back catalogue, which the licence fee payers have funded over decades. Surely a huge source of income for the BBC would be to allow people in the English-speaking world access, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 15 Jul 2019
BBC

"Does my hon. Friend agree that the potential for BBC bias is not only in how it reports what it reports, but in the fact that 70% of the public rely on it for much of their news, and the BBC has the power to decide what is or is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Free TV Licences: Over-75s

"Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that instead of forcing the over-75s to pay the compulsory TV tax, with the threat of criminal prosecution, the BBC, which consistently tells me that it is the best in the world, should move to a subscription model and sell its services …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will my right hon. and learned Friend tell the House what support and guidance are available to sports venue operators who are seeking to bid to host these prestigious events?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Sep 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Coalville Town football club is an excellent non-league team offering opportunities to participate for men, women and a plethora of youth teams. What funding is available for Coalville Town and other non-league football teams in my constituency to continue to improve their facilities and their offering of sports participation to …..."
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Written Question
Charities: Bullying and Harassment
Thursday 14th June 2018

Asked by: Andrew Bridgen (Independent - North West Leicestershire)

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

To ask the Minister for the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what safeguards are in place to protect volunteers employed in the charity sector from workplace bullying and harassment.

Answered by Tracey Crouch

The Government expects charities to take robust action against any bullying and harassment relating to employees or volunteers.

Charity employees have some protection in law under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 from detrimental treatment or victimisation from their employer if, in the public interest, they report concerns about serious wrongdoing at their charity to the Charity Commission, provided that the concerns they report meet the conditions in the Act for a ’protected disclosure’. There are other mechanisms for volunteers to report such concerns to the Charity Commission, although they are not covered by the Act.

Government, regulators and the charity sector are working together to reaffirm the importance of safeguarding as a governance priority for charities, and to agree and commit to actions jointly and individually to strengthen the safeguarding capability and capacity of charities working across the UK. The Charity Commission has already announced a suite of measures to help ensure charities learn the wider lessons from recent safeguarding cases revelations involving Oxfam and other charities, and to strengthen protection from harm for charity beneficiaries, employees and volunteers. This includes a review of its whistleblowing processes and guidance.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"11. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme. ..."
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