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HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleMy hon. Friend makes a very good point. Of course, it puts the BBC in that elevated status where the taxpayer is obliged to pay for it, and there are consequences from its poor…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleI am grateful to you, Ms Bardell, and to Front-Bench and particularly Back-Bench colleagues. The BBC is a treasured institution. We care about it and want it to prosper—that is…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleThe hon. Lady has been generous in giving way. I reiterate the point, which I am sure she will agree with, that it is very easy for people to make any sort of claim or…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleIt may just help if I repeat the BBC’s breaking news Twitter account—the push notification to 51 million followers: “Hundreds feared dead or injured in Israeli airstrike on…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleI will give way to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon).27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleI will make a little progress, then I will give way. The tragic events in Israel and Gaza undoubtedly pose a challenge to any media outlet given the strength of feelings that they…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleThe hon. Member makes a good point. The examples of biased content are great in number, and I simply do not have the time to document all of them.27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The BBC’s failure to adhere to standards and deal with those problems when they arise is a fundamental, systemic and systematic problem;…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleI beg to move, That this House has considered the Government’s role in upholding the impartiality of BBC news coverage. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Ms…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleI will in a moment. That particular incident at Al-Ahli Arab hospital had profound real-world implications. It led to the cancellation of a Head of State-level regional peace…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleMy right hon. Friend makes a good point, and I shall come on to that in more detail momentarily. BBC News has been roundly and deservedly ridiculed for its abject failure to…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleI will share a sample in a moment, but I will give way first.27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleWhat we want, need and expect from the BBC is a lack of bias and proper impartiality—that is all anyone expects. It is supposed to be a leader in its field and to set an example…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleI will be coming to that. We know that the BBC has received myriad complaints. The consequences of its lack of impartiality have been particularly acute for the UK’s Jewish…27 Feb 2024HANSARD BBC News Impartiality: Government's RoleMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As my example indicated, it does that for Daesh, which is another terrorist organisation. It will not do it for Hamas, and that is because of a…27 Feb 2024HANSARD Situation in the Red SeaHas my right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary considered engaging with the currently unrecognised country of Somaliland? I visited it recently, as the Register of Members’…26 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn respect of the projection of an antisemitic, terrorist-originating slogan on to the Big Ben tower last week, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner claims that he is powerless.…26 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes my right hon. Friend share my concern that the large number of inquiries that Ofcom has launched against GB News, for conducting itself in exactly the same fashion as other…22 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaI will not give way just yet. I have to say, I was shocked last night to hear the leader of the SNP accuse Israel of committing war crimes and hear the bandying about of such…21 Feb 2024HANSARDCeasefire in GazaI say at the outset to any Jewish people listening to this debate anywhere in the world, “You do have friends and allies here in this Chamber.” The SNP motion calling for a…21 Feb 2024