{"id":489,"date":"2018-01-09T20:55:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T20:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.johnwhittingdale.co.uk\/?p=489"},"modified":"2021-08-18T09:15:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:15:01","slug":"bbc-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"BBC pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; list-style: none; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;\">\n<li id=\"contribution-91B2D40E-A4D4-4B23-AF1B-499B6865CF0E\" class=\"highlight fadeHighlight\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; background-clip: content-box; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; transition: all 1s ease-in-out; padding: 10px 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-9\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 705px;\">\n<h2 class=\"memberLink\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1.2em;\"><a class=\"nohighlight\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #428bca;\" title=\"View member's contributions\" href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/search\/MemberContributions?house=Commons&amp;memberId=39\">Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con)<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 hidden-sm hidden-xs\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 235px;\">\n<div class=\"share-icon\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: url('https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Assets\/svg\/share.svg'); padding-left: 16px; height: 18px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -3px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"link-to-contribution link-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: gray; padding-left: 10px;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Commons\/2018-01-09\/debates\/4022E5C8-F2B6-4A43-89DF-4DB793534A79\/BBCPay#contribution-91B2D40E-A4D4-4B23-AF1B-499B6865CF0E\" rel=\"popover\" data-placement=\"top\" data-hop-url-shorten-url=\"\/UrlShortener\/ShorternUrl\" data-hop-popover=\"http:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Commons\/2018-01-09\/debates\/4022E5C8-F2B6-4A43-89DF-4DB793534A79\/BBCPay#contribution-91B2D40E-A4D4-4B23-AF1B-499B6865CF0E\" data-original-title=\"Share this contribution\"><span class=\"share-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">&nbsp;Share this contribution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inner\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"contribution col-md-9\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; width: 705px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; word-wrap: break-word;\">\n<p class=\"hs_Para\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;\">I, too, congratulate my right hon. Friend on his appointment to what is one of the best jobs in government. I also wish his predecessor every success in what is one of the most challenging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hs_Para\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;\">\n<p class=\"hs_Para\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;\">Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is not good enough for the BBC to say that its performance in this area is better than that in many other sectors? Does he share my view that it is because the BBC is funded by<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><span id=\"181\" class=\"column-number\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;\" data-column-number=\"181\">\u200b<\/span>public money that we are entitled to expect it not just to adhere to the requirements of the law, but to set a higher standard that others can then follow?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 right-column\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 235px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"contribution-3CDAB653-6320-4A5A-A6A0-259520A0F941\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 0px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-9\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 705px;\">\n<h2 class=\"memberLink\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 1.2em;\"><a class=\"nohighlight\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #428bca;\" title=\"View member's contributions\" href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/search\/MemberContributions?house=Commons&amp;memberId=4070\">Matt Hancock<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3 hidden-sm hidden-xs\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; float: left; width: 235px;\">\n<div class=\"share-icon\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-image: url('https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Assets\/svg\/share.svg'); padding-left: 16px; height: 18px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; margin-top: -3px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"link-to-contribution link-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: gray; padding-left: 10px;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Commons\/2018-01-09\/debates\/4022E5C8-F2B6-4A43-89DF-4DB793534A79\/BBCPay#contribution-3CDAB653-6320-4A5A-A6A0-259520A0F941\" rel=\"popover\" data-placement=\"top\" data-hop-url-shorten-url=\"\/UrlShortener\/ShorternUrl\" data-hop-popover=\"http:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Commons\/2018-01-09\/debates\/4022E5C8-F2B6-4A43-89DF-4DB793534A79\/BBCPay#contribution-3CDAB653-6320-4A5A-A6A0-259520A0F941\" data-original-title=\"Share this contribution\"><span class=\"share-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">&nbsp;Share this contribution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inner\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"contribution col-md-9\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; width: 705px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; word-wrap: break-word;\">\n<p class=\"hs_Para\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;\">It is not just because the BBC is a public organisation and the people who work there are public servants that it has a higher obligation than private organisations; it is also because the nature of the BBC is to reflect on to the nation\u2014and indeed the world\u2014the values that we hold dear, and it must live up to those values.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con) &nbsp; &nbsp;Share this contribution I, too, congratulate my right hon. Friend on his appointment to what is one of the best jobs in government. I also wish his predecessor every success in what is one of the most challenging. Does my right hon. 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