Have Your Say
We received over 5,000 responses to the consultation.
Responses are listed by contributor, in alphabetical order. Responses are the views of the contributor and not those of the Government. However, views and issues raised will help to inform Government thinking on the future of the BBC.
Where respondents have requested that their name remain confidential, or where it has been otherwise impossible to determine accurately, these responses can be found under the section entitled 'Name Supplied'.
All responses will be published unless confidentiality is specifically asked for or there are other overriding reasons for not doing so - for example if a response contains libellous material*. We will assume that you are content for us to do this, and that if you are replying by e-mail, your consent overrides any confidentiality disclaimer that is generated by your organisation's IT system unless you specifically include a request to the contrary in the main text of your submission to us.
*Correspondents should be aware that confidentiality can not always be guaranteed, for example where a response includes evidence of a serious crime.
The first phase consultation officially closed on 31 March 2004.