Speeches by Foxcroft.

“Just to make sure that I tick the box of the third one before Damian comes in, you talked about policing costs for events’ organisers. What would you like to see come from this?”

“I should declare an interest. I have Millwall Football Club in my constituency.”

“How have you dealt with the challenges of Brexit? That is leading into some of that.”

“On the tourist tax, what do you think are the pros and cons of that for you? Have you had any engagement with any mayors and so forth on that at this moment? I know that it is quite recent, but it has been spoken about for quite a bit of time before.”

“I will start by declaring an interest: I am chair of Deptford First, a local charity. I found what you were saying about enabling really interesting. Often, a lot of small to medium charities have a negative perception of the Charity Commission and think that it is just there to monitor and not do some of that enabling…”

“Just to be clear, I was not saying that about my constituents. I did a lot of work on the Youth Violence Commission, so that is what I was referring to.”

“What impact do declining volunteer numbers have on the sector?”

“I guess likewise that it also applies to trustees—as you were saying—and the vacancies there. What impact is that having? Moving on to the final question as well, under your leadership what could the Charity Commission do about trustees and volunteers? You touched on issues around benefit sanctions.”

“You rightly pointed out that the “Panorama” programme has been picked up quite a lot, in terms of your note. It was discussed at two meetings of the EGSC, in January and May. Why do you think the EGSC failed to act satisfactorily at either meeting?”

“You rightly pointed out that the “Panorama” programme has been picked up quite a lot, in terms of your note. It was discussed at two meetings of the EGSC, in January and May. Why do you think the EGSC failed to act satisfactorily at either meeting?”

“Going back to the “Panorama” documentary, you said you watched it on 6 January and that that was the point—”

“So you watched it, and that prompted you to put in complaints, even though there were no complaints about the “Panorama” documentary?”

“When did you include the “Panorama” programme in your memo? Was it at the start or later on?”

“We all know that staff morale is really important. How does the board assess current levels of staff confidence in the BBC leadership, given leadership transitions and the charter review? Do we know when the charter renewal might take place? Will it potentially have to wait until the director general is appointed?”

“What is the thing for measuring staff morale?”

“How do you do it? What happens to measure it?”

“The question was about their confidence in the BBC leadership. Is that one of your questions in the survey?”

“Going back to the “Panorama” documentary, you said you watched it on 6 January and that that was the point—”

“So you watched it, and that prompted you to put in complaints, even though there were no complaints about the “Panorama” documentary?”

“When did you include the “Panorama” programme in your memo? Was it at the start or later on?”