BBC: Local Broadcasting
(asked on 21st October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the level of regional news provision after the BBC Charter review.
This question was answered on 3rd November 2015
We welcome the BBC's commitment to work in partnership with local news providers, as it set out in its proposals published in September, and look forward to seeing these proposals developed further in discussion with industry to make sure they have a positive impact.
The overall scale and scope of the BBC, including the provision regional news, is part of the Charter Review discussion.