division_name: Broadcasting
motion: <p class="indent" pid="d694.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House approves the draft Agreement (Cm 9332), between the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation, which was laid before this House on <phrase class="date" code="2016-09-15">15 September</phrase> 2016.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d695.7/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the right outcome for the BBC and its role as a creative power for Britain&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d695.10/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;By entering into this Agreement, the BBC has&#8230;assumed obligations which restrict, to some extent, its future freedom  of action.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d696.5/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The review must not consider&#8230;the mission of the BBC;&#8230;the Public Purposes of the BBC; or&#8230;the licence fee funding model of the BBC for the period of this Charter.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d704.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;there have been decades of lip-service being paid in praise of diversity by the various gatekeepers of finance and programming, but nothing has changed at all&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d706.2/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I think the key thing is&#8212;James&#8217;s job of course is not editorial&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d715.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;it is for the BBC, which has operational independence in this matter, to determine how exactly&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2016-09-15">15 September</phrase> 2016; Vol. 614, c. 1060.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d715.2/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Good to hear Secretary of State confirm #ScottishSix is a matter for the BBC not government.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d717.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Does the Secretary of State agree that the matter of a separate &#8216;Scottish Six&#8217; is entirely the responsibility of the BBC&#8221;?&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2016-09-15">15 September</phrase> 2016; Vol. 614, c. 1060.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d718.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;It&#8217;s got world news, it&#8217;s got Scottish news, it&#8217;s got UK news, it&#8217;s something we can do. Any journalist would want to work on a programme like that.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d718.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;It&#8217;s for people much higher up in the BBC to decide whether or not this is the right direction to go with for news.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d719.4/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The BBC must ensure it reflects the diverse communities of the whole of the United Kingdom in the content of its output, the means by which its output and services are delivered (including where its activities are carried out and by whom) and in the organisation and management of the BBC.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d722.3/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;have to stand the test of time and prove itself&#8221;.&#8212;[Official Report, House of Lords, <phrase class="date" code="2016-10-12">12 October</phrase> 2016; Vol. 774, c. 1995.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d731.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;reflect, represent and serve the diverse communities of all of the United Kingdom&#8217;s nations and regions&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d731.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;BBC must make arrangements for promoting&#8230;equality of opportunity&#8221;,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d740.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;any adverse impact on fair and effective competition&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d745.0/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;It will deliver the strong and creative BBC the public believes in.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d748.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;in stark contrast to Scotland and Northern Ireland&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d748.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;investment from its current Budget for English language programming in Wales closer to the levels seen in 2006/07.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d748.0/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;eroded to such an extent that it no longer represents the rounded life of the nation&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d749.3/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;would enable BBC Cymru Wales to better prioritise funding to meet its own priorities and obligations.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d749.3/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;reflect, represent and serve the diverse communities of all of the United Kingdom&#8217;s nations&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d751.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;If schools across England set pay scales lower than the agreed national scales, that would mean an education budget across the piste would be lower, and there are Barnett consequentials for us.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d759.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;quotas and prescription are the enemies of innovation and distinctiveness. The BBC must be&#8230;free to experiment and to take the risks and meet the challenges that free-to-air private sector broadcasters cannot afford to.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, House of Lords, <phrase class="date" code="2016-10-12">12 October</phrase> 2016; Vol. 774, c. 1986.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d764.0/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The government&#8217;s decision to put the cost of the over-75s on us has been more than matched by the deal coming back for the BBC.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d767.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;should bring people together for shared experiences and help contribute to the social cohesion and wellbeing of the United Kingdom&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d767.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;and, recognising the special identities of the nations of the UK, calls upon the Government and the British Broadcasting Corporation to deliver maximum devolution of broadcasting and, specifically for Scotland, the six o&#8217;clock news option recommended by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee in its Third Report, BBC White Paper and related issues (HC 150), published in August 2016&#8221;.&#8212;(John Nicolson.)</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="d767.1/12" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="d767.1/13" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 53, Noes 270.</p>