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Public Service Broadcasting

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Department for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 90943

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of co-operative public service broadcasting in the UK.

Answered by Ian Murray

Ahead of the upcoming Charter Review, the Secretary of State has said that, to maintain the BBC as an institution, it must be accountable to those who fund it - the British people. The Government intends to keep an open mind about how the BBC can achieve that aim.

The Government has not made any wider assessment of the merits of co-operatives to the UK’s system of public service broadcasting.

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