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Eighth Report - Appointment of Richard Sharp as Chair of the BBC

Culture, Media and Sport Committee HC 1147 Published 12 February 2023

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

6 items (1 rec)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 6 of 6 classified

Accepted 1

Acknowledged 5

Government response

Tenth Special Report - Appointment of Richard Sharp as Chair of the BBC: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report · published 29 Jun 2023

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

29 Recommendation Accepted

There remains an unresolved issue about why the Cabinet Secretary believed Mr Sharp had been...

Recommendation

There remains an unresolved issue about why the Cabinet Secretary believed Mr Sharp had been giving financial advice to the then Prime Minister, which Mr Sharp insists that he had not done. The Cabinet Office should clear up the confusion … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government points to the Heppinstall KC report, commissioned by the Cabinet Secretary, which sets out the details of the advice given to the former Prime Minister. The government suggests this resolves the issue.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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