Culture, Media and Sport - Minutes of Evidence[Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 February 2004.

Oral Evidence

Taken before the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday 9 December 2003

Members present

Mr Gerald Kaufman, in the Chair

Chris Bryant	Alan Keen
Mr Frank Doran	Ms Debra Shipley
Michael Fabricant	Derek Wyatt

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CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by Grampian TV and Scottish TV (together referred to as SMG)

Memorandum submitted by the Producers' Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT)

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Donald Emslie, Chief Executive, Mr Sandy Ross, Managing Director, Scottish TV, and Mr Derrick Thomson, Managing Director, Grampian TV, SMG; Mr J McVay, Chief Executive, Mr Malcolm Brinkworth, Managing Director of Touch Productions and Chairman of the PACT Nations and Regions Committee, and Ms Eileen Gallagher, Managing Director of Shed Productions and Chair of PACT, Producers' Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT), examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-29

Memorandum submitted by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ)

Memorandum submitted by Broadcasting, Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU)

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Paul McLaughlin, National Broadcasting Organiser, Mr Jeremy Dear, General Secretary, and Mr Iain McBride, Maidstone Branch, National Union of Journalists (NUJ); Mr Andy Egan, Research Officer, Ms Sharon Elliott, Supervisory Official for independent Broadcasting, and Mr Martin Clarke, Branch Secretary for Meridian, BECTU, examined.

Question Number

30-39

40-51

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Mick Desmond, Joint Managing Director, Granada plc and Mr Clive Jones, Joint Managing Director, Carlton Communications, examined.

Question Number

52-59

60-79

80-94

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Prepared 4 March 2004