BBC: Middle East
Culture Media and Sport
Bob Spink (Castle Point, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make it his policy to request the BBC to publish the Balen report.
James Purnell (Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Stalybridge and Hyde, Labour)
No. The decision on whether to release the Balen report is a matter for the BBC.