Acting chairwoman Dame Elan Closs Stephens was speaking at a pre-arranged meeting of the Communications and Digital Committee
The acting chairwoman of the BBC has told peers that there was “huge pressure” on the corporation to name Huw Edwards as the presenter caught up in a controversy.
“There was a huge pressure to disclose the name of somebody to whom we had a duty of care, and duty of privacy, in addition to the family and young man that were concerned in this maelstrom. The family of the young person had originally complained to the BBC in May and the corporation said it tried to contact them twice. In a letter to BBC News, the young person at the centre of the controversy later said via lawyers that nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened with the then-unnamed presenter.
Mr Davie also told the committee: “This has been a difficult affair where we have tried to calmly and reasonably navigate some difficult concerns around the allegations themselves, duty of care, privacy and legitimate public interest.” She wrote this would involve a “fact finding investigation” and “if the threshold for a disciplinary is met” will move to that process.
He added: “You need to ensure that you’re very, very clear on what your expectations are culturally, as well as the policy.”
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