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416954

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will be required to declare any relevant interests; and if so, what is the process for doing so.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL1874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department published the names of the Advisory Group members, as well as their principal roles, both current and former, in July 2015. This information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Advisory Group Member</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current or former role</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dawn Airey</p></td><td><p>Senior Vice President of Yahoo’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and formerly Chairman and Chief Executive of Channel 5.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Colette Bowe</p></td><td><p>Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, President of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer and former Chair of Ofcom.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Fisher</p></td><td><p>Executive Chairman at Shazam.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darren Henley OBE</p><p> </p></td><td><p>CEO of Arts Council England and former Managing Director of Classic FM.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashley Highfield</p></td><td><p>CEO of Johnston Press, one of the largest local media groups in the UK, and former director at the BBC.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Mahon</p></td><td><p>Former CEO of Shine Group, global television content production company.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lopa Patel MBE</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Digital entrepreneur and founder/CEO of NewAsianPost.com and Diversity UK.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stewart Purvis OBE</p></td><td><p>British broadcaster and academic, and former Editor-in-Chief and CEO of ITN.</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Group has no legal status or powers and no decision-making or research commissioning functions. These are not public appointments and therefore the Group is not subject to the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL1875 HL1877 question first answered 16/09/2015 16:25:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

416955

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any declarations of interest by the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL1875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department published the names of the Advisory Group members, as well as their principal roles, both current and former, in July 2015. This information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Advisory Group Member</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current or former role</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dawn Airey</p></td><td><p>Senior Vice President of Yahoo’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and formerly Chairman and Chief Executive of Channel 5.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Colette Bowe</p></td><td><p>Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, President of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer and former Chair of Ofcom.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Fisher</p></td><td><p>Executive Chairman at Shazam.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darren Henley OBE</p><p> </p></td><td><p>CEO of Arts Council England and former Managing Director of Classic FM.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashley Highfield</p></td><td><p>CEO of Johnston Press, one of the largest local media groups in the UK, and former director at the BBC.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Mahon</p></td><td><p>Former CEO of Shine Group, global television content production company.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lopa Patel MBE</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Digital entrepreneur and founder/CEO of NewAsianPost.com and Diversity UK.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stewart Purvis OBE</p></td><td><p>British broadcaster and academic, and former Editor-in-Chief and CEO of ITN.</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Group has no legal status or powers and no decision-making or research commissioning functions. These are not public appointments and therefore the Group is not subject to the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL1874 HL1877 question first answered 16/09/2015 16:25:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

416956

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how often the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will meet (1) each other and (2) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL1876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>(1) As set out in the Advisory Group’s terms of reference the Group will meet approximately six times a year at times agreed in advance by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport’s office[1].</p><p> </p><p>(2) These meetings will be chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] Can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445912/TERMS_OF_REFERENCE.pdf)</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 14:38:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

416957

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will have the power to commission research; and, if so, from whom.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL1877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department published the names of the Advisory Group members, as well as their principal roles, both current and former, in July 2015. This information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Advisory Group Member</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current or former role</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dawn Airey</p></td><td><p>Senior Vice President of Yahoo’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and formerly Chairman and Chief Executive of Channel 5.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Colette Bowe</p></td><td><p>Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, President of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer and former Chair of Ofcom.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Fisher</p></td><td><p>Executive Chairman at Shazam.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darren Henley OBE</p><p> </p></td><td><p>CEO of Arts Council England and former Managing Director of Classic FM.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashley Highfield</p></td><td><p>CEO of Johnston Press, one of the largest local media groups in the UK, and former director at the BBC.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Mahon</p></td><td><p>Former CEO of Shine Group, global television content production company.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lopa Patel MBE</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Digital entrepreneur and founder/CEO of NewAsianPost.com and Diversity UK.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stewart Purvis OBE</p></td><td><p>British broadcaster and academic, and former Editor-in-Chief and CEO of ITN.</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Group has no legal status or powers and no decision-making or research commissioning functions. These are not public appointments and therefore the Group is not subject to the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL1874 HL1875 question first answered 16/09/2015 16:25:33 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

416958

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee report of February 2015, <i>Future of the BBC</i>, that (1) the BBC’s independence could be compromised by negotiations with government that lack transparency and public consultation; (2) licence fee payers must be consulted and Parliament should have an opportunity to debate any significant changes to funding responsibilities; and (3) that it was wholly wrong that the 2010 licence fee settlement was not subject to any public or parliamentary consultation.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL1878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The BBC Charter Review Consultation, published on 16 July 2015, drew heavily on the evidence heard by, and the report from, the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s report on the Future of the BBC. The Charter Review provides an opportunity for a wide-ranging national debate about the BBC, and will inform the Government’s proposals for the future of the BBC, including its funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 14:42:21 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

416962

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the terms of reference of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
uin	HL1882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The BBC Charter Review Advisory Group’s terms of reference are:</p><p>Membership of the Group is voluntary and by invitation from the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who will Chair the meetings.</p><p>Members will possess a range of skills, experience and expertise that enables them to contribute independently and in different ways to the oversight of the Government’s Review of the BBC Royal Charter.</p><p>Members are appointed on the basis of their personal experience not as representatives of their respective organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further details on the BBC Charter Review Advisory Group can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445912/TERMS_OF_REFERENCE.pdf.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 14:50:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

416963

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government by what process the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel were appointed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
uin	HL1883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The members of the Charter Review Advisory Group were appointed by invitation from the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The Group is not a decision-making body, and forms one part of a wider Charter Review process which includes public consultation. As set out in the published terms of reference, additional members may be co-opted as and when required by the Chairman. Members of the Group act in a voluntary capacity and on the basis of their personal experience and expertise rather than as representatives of their respective organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/09/2015 16:25:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

416964

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will take evidence during the course of its work; and if so, whether that evidence will be taken in public.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL1884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>In its consideration of policy and process issues for the Charter Review, it is envisaged that the Advisory Group will consider a range of sources of evidence – including, but not limited to, responses to the Government’s consultation, and publicly available sources of evidence such as the BBC’s strategy documents. There are no current plans for evidence, written or oral, to be taken in public by the Advisory Group.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 14:52:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

416965

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to publish the views and advice they receive from the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL1885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>There are currently no such plans. The Group may make recommendations about policy and process, but ultimate responsibility for decisions remains with Department for Culture, Media and Sport Ministers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 14:51:01 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

416966

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel has the power to compel evidence from the people and institutions from whom they wish to hear.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL1886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>In its consideration of policy and process issues for the Charter Review, it is envisaged that the Advisory Group will consider a range of sources of evidence – including, but not limited to, responses to the Government’s consultation, and publicly available sources of evidence such as the BBC’s strategy documents. There are no current plans for evidence, written or oral, to be taken in public by the Advisory Group.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 14:52:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones