MONDAY 18 JULY 2005
ATTENTION: FORWARD PLANNING/NEWS EDITORS/ MEDIA/POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS
BBC CHARTER INQUIRY - BBC CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTOR GENERAL AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT TO GIVE EVIDENCE
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Review of the BBC Charter, chaired by Lord Fowler, will be holding two evidence sessions this week.
Public hearings
Tuesday 19 July (Committee Room 3)
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3.30pm
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Mr Michael Grade CBE, Chairman of the BBC and Mr Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC
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Wednesday 20 July (Committee Room 3)
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10.45am
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport Panel to include:
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The Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
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Mr James Purnell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DCMS
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Mr Andrew Ramsay, Director-General (Economic Impact), DCMS
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NOTES FOR EDITORS
1. The Department for Culture Media and Sport's Green Paper "Review of the BBC's Royal Charter: A strong BBC, independent of Government" sets out their proposals for the BBC's future
www.bbccharterreview.org.uk/pdf_documents/bbc_cr_greenpaper.pdf
2. Link to the press release announcing the formation of the Committee
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/lords_press_notices/pn090305bbc.cfm
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