A former Welsh secretary has accused the BBC of forgetting that “England exists" and being an "enthusiast for devolution". Sir John Redwood, who was secretary of state for Wales from 1993 to 1995, made the comments during a Commons debate on the future of local BBC radio on Thursday, December 8.
Mr Redwood, who has been the MP for Wokingham since 1987, said he believed the national broadcaster "wishes to create phoney regional groupings instead of truly local radio" and had a "very distorted view of devolution". He said: "The BBC seems to be an enthusiast for devolution to Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales but it does not even know England exists.
"It always wants lopsided devolution." The debate came after the BBC announced in October plans to cut a number of programmes from local radio stations in England.
