Communications - First Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 25 July 2007.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Role of the Chairman

Chapter 3: The Process of Appointment

The selection process

Ministerial influence

Should Parliament have a greater role?

Chapter 4: Conditions of Service

Chapter 5: The Chairman of the ExecutiveBoard

Appendix 1: Select Committee on Communications

Appendix 2: List of Witnesses

List of Oral Evidence

Wednesday 23 May 2007

Wednesday 6 June 2007

Wednesday 13 June 2007

Oral Evidence

Mr Michael Grade

Oral Evidence, 23 May 2007    1

Don Foster MP

Oral Evidence, 23 May 2007    13

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oral Evidence, 6 June 2007    21

Supplementary Written Evidence    40

Mr Gavyn Davies

Oral Evidence, 13 June 2007    41

Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust

Oral Evidence, 13 June 2007    46

Supplementary Written Evidence    57

Mr Mark Thompson, Director-General, BBC

Oral Evidence, 13 June 2007    57

Hugo Swire MP

Oral Evidence, 13 June 2007    64

NOTE: References in the text of the report are as follows:

(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence

(p) refers to a page of written evidence

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