Rejected petition Crack down on Chris Packham using his BBC status to further his own agenda

Chris Packham the Springwatch presenter is using his influence as a BBC presenter to push his own agenda on conservation.

His recent move to get Natural England to ban the shooting of corvids not only impacts endangered species such as the curlew but people’s livelihoods, farms and business

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.

You could write to the BBC to make this suggestion.

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Date submitted 26 April 2019
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