Rejected petition Ensure the BBC represents Licence payers

The Minister for Culture, Media and sport, is interfering in the independence of the BBC. His stated aim to directly appoint members of the Board brings unprecedented influence of the programmes produced and services provided

The BBC is paid for by the public and should fairly represent all

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John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale is exerting unacceptable political influence over a news and entertainment body that is paid for and should be owned by the public - as such, it should fairly represent the public and not bend in the wind of political change.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We cannot accept your petition as it is not clear what specific action you want the UK Government or Parliament to take. You could start a new petition explaining clearly how you would like the views of licence fee payers to be represented in BBC decision-making. For example, you could ask for some members of the board to be elected by the public.

We already have a petition open which calls for the BBC board of governors not to be appointed by HM Government:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/124485

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 9 May 2016
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