Sir Menzies Campbell has written to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to seek reassurance that any cuts to the BBC licence fee will not result in cuts to the BBCs programme output.
Sir Menzies said:
“I’ve had a lot of emails and letters from constituents worried that cuts to the licence fee will have an inevitable knock-on effect on the quality and range of BBC programmes.
“It’s right that the BBC should consider how it can cut waste and provide better value for money, but we must not take short term decisions which could impact on the long term provision of high quality public service broadcasting by the BBC. The BBC is the envy of the world. We must keep it that way.â€
