"Digital Britain"

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 8 June 2009.

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Photo of Ben Bradshaw Ben Bradshaw Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (South West), The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2:30, 8 June 2009

As a co-former BBC employee, I am sure my right hon. Friend shares my admiration for the BBC as an organisation. The question he asks is, of course, for the BBC, but perhaps I can reassure him by saying that I believe that when the public pay for something through their taxes—or, in this case, the licence fee—they expect transparency and accountability, and I think they are right to have that expectation.