Dogged Welsh MP Alun Cairns presented the first reading of his BBC (Transparency) Bill in the Commons yesterday afternoon, with a view to an unlikely second reading in the New Year. It would make the BBC publish all invoices over £500 every quarter, break down regional spend, disclose payments to personal service companies, staff remuneration and exit payments, and outside payments.
His co-signatories were Julian Knight, William Wragg, Heather Wheeler, Sir Bernard Jenkin, Dame Cheryl Gillan, Mel Stride, Jeremy Wright, Karen Bradley, Jackie Doyle-Price, Robert Halfon and Andrew Bowie.
The Bill looks a little like the BBC (Audit Arrangements and Publication of Invoices) Bill, brought forward by one Alun Cairns in November 2012, which failed to progress. Then, his co-signatories were David Amess, Richard Bacon, Guto Bebb, Stephen Barclay, Dan Byles, Philip Davies, Robert Halfon, Dr Phillip Lee, Ian Paisley and James Wharton.
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