Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeLetter from John Whittingdale OBE MP, Chairman, Culture, Media and Sport Committee to Lord Hall of Birkenhead, Director-General, BBC

PANORAMA NORTH KOREA UNCOVERED: BBC TRUST’S INVESTIGATION

Following the completion of the BBC Trust’s Editorial Standard Committee’s investigation into the BBC Panorama programme: North Korea uncovered, the Committee considered the Trust’s findings at our meeting yesterday. The Committee also has received a letter from the father of one of the students who went on the visit, and who is the complainant in this case.

The Committee would like to know what actions you are planning to take following the Standard Board’s findings, in particular what the consequences will be for individuals in relation to the parts of the complaint that were upheld. The father of the student has written to me following the Trust’s conclusions and I would request that you respond to the Committee on the points he raises in his letter, which I enclose.1 The complainant’s personal details have been removed as he wishes to remain anonymous so that there are no repercussions for his family.

2 April 2014