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Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN HL3953, tabled on 8 December 2016

Question

Lord Beecham
Labour
Life peer
Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they used to appoint new board members for Channel 4.

Answer

Lord Ashton of Hyde
Conservative
Excepted Hereditary
Lords

Answered on

15 December 2016

Non-executive members of the Channel 4 Corporation board are appointed by Ofcom with the approval of the Secretary of State. Ofcom advertised for four vacancies for candidates with specific sector skills and experience. The Secretary of State approved the four candidates on the basis that they met the skills and experience set out in the four advertised job descriptions.

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