Ex- British Broadcasting Corporation Advisers Undergo MPs' Grilling After Allegations of Prejudice in Leaked Memorandum
We begin with inquiries from Conservative lawmaker the committee chair, who leads the committee.
She opens by offering details to the disclosed document written by Michael Prescott and published in a national newspaper.
"It is not my wish for the BBC tilting this way or that way, I just want it neutral, unbiased and just," he declares.
In response to a query whether he thinks the BBC is systematically partial, he responds: "No, I do not. Let's be clear, a great deal the British Broadcasting Corporation produces is exceptional - both factual and fictional content."
Nevertheless, he states: "There remains real work that requires attention at the British Broadcasting Corporation."
A further previous consultant BBC specialist questioned by the committee, Caroline Daniel, remarks she views the BBC with great importance and that it maintains a "ongoing system and vigorous discourse" on fluid and multifaceted subjects.
"Whether the BBC was ready to conduct a genuine dialogue and argument and take action?" she questions. "In my view, affirmative, they were."
