Thanks for contacting me about the renewal of the BBC’s Royal Charter.
As you have mentioned, the Government’s BBC Charter Review Public Consultation closed in October, and set out 19 different questions. Over 190,000 people responded, which is the second largest response to any Government consultation.
I know that the Government is taking the responses extremely seriously and is in the process of reading and analysing all of them. I do not think that it is right to suggest the Government is trying to bury the responses...
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