My work in Parliament - Lisa Nandy MP

Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Investment

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Written Ministerial Statements

Grassroots sport clubs are at the heart of communities across the UK. As we deliver our Plan for Change, we will remove barriers to an active lifestyle and increase opportunity for all, ensuring...

Varying the Leveson Order

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Written Ministerial Statements

This is a joint statement made with the Secretary of State for the Home Department. As Ministers with joint responsibility for the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices, and ethics of the...

The BBC’s response to “Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone”

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Written Ministerial Statements

Last week I spoke to the House about concerning issues associated with the BBC documentary “Gaza: How to Survive in a War Zone”. At that time I promised to keep the House informed...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

The hon. Member will have heard that I raised a number of issues around this particular documentary and the reporting of this conflict more generally when I met the BBC director general. I expect...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

The hon. Member makes an important point, which I do not think anybody has made yet in this debate, which is that we expect more from the BBC, because it is our treasured national broadcaster....

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

Of course I agree with the hon. Gentleman that children cannot be held responsible for relationships that they have but, to be clear, if the child in question is related to senior Hamas...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is right that there are valid questions to answer. The BBC is a treasured national broadcaster; it plays an important role in our public life and, indeed, in the whole...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

The views that the hon. Gentleman has expressed show what a contested and difficult area this is to report on. While this Government believe it is essential that we shine a spotlight on what is...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

Ensuring that no money has fallen into the hands of Hamas is the duty of all of us. The last Government were very clear about that in relation to the aid budget, and we are very clear about that...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

I have been absolutely clear with this House that I think the BBC has serious questions to answer. The director general was very clear with me earlier this week that it has serious questions to...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

Yes, I very much agree with my hon. Friend, not least because it is the role of broadcasters to hold a mirror up not just to society, but to the Government, and to hold us to account. That is why...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

I am happy to give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. That was part of the discussions I had with the BBC director general earlier this week. I would expect an organisation like the BBC already...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

I am very happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. As I said in answer to an earlier question, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has raised this issue, and he and I are working very...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

My hon. Friend speaks powerfully about the careful use of language and the way in which we all have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards on that. On her specific question, having had...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

When I met British Palestinians whose family members are in Gaza and when I met the families whose loved ones had been taken hostage by Hamas, and had been held or continue to be held in Gaza, I...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work that she has done over many years, including as the director of Medical Aid for Palestinians. She knows better than anyone in this House what is...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

I am more than happy to give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. I discussed the precise use of language with the BBC director general earlier this week. On the question asked by the hon. Member...

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

My hon. Friend, as always, has taken care to strike the right tone, and I thank him very much for raising that. [Interruption.]

Gaza: BBC Coverage

Commons debates

The hon. Lady is absolutely right that the BBC board plays the critical role in ensuring that the BBC reaches the highest possible standards, which she and I, and indeed all Members of this...