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Letter from Rt Hon Lucy Frazer MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, relating to the Government’s Response to the Committee’s Chair of the BBC Board Report, dated 19 December 2023

Published 19 December 2023

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At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to Third Report - Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the BBC Board.

This is the government's response, published 19 December 2023.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Secretary of State welcomes the Committee's view that Dr Samir Shah is appointable as BBC Chair, confirms his appointment will go to the Privy Council, and says she notes the points made in the Committee's report.

  • On the appointment, the government says Dr Shah's appointment "will now be put to the next meeting of the Privy Council for His Majesty The King's final approval".
  • On the Committee's concerns about engagement with the department, the letter sets out the Secretary of State's view of the Committee's work and states the department is "committed to continuing to work constructively with the Committee in the New Year".
  • On the delay in providing paperwork, the government says the extension was "required in order to complete the necessary steps", including notifying candidates and "working through mitigations to conflicts of interest".
  • The government says it is "eager to work with the Committee to assist scrutiny of the Football Governance Bill", which will establish a new Independent Football Regulator.

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