Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 1 March 2010.
Ben Bradshaw
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
2:30,
1 March 2010
Impartiality is an essential element of Britain's broadcasting culture. The suggestion that the requirement for impartiality in broadcasting should be lifted that has been made by the Conservatives and some of their friends in the media would be a regrettable, even dangerous, step.
The Conservatives are a centre-right political party in the UK, founded in the 1830s. They are also known as the Tory party.
With a lower-case ‘c’, ‘conservative’ is an adjective which implies a dislike of change, and a preference for traditional values.
