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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy tells MPs she is “deeply frustrated” with the BBC over its failure to adhere to “the same recommendations made over and over again” after a three-year investigation by ITV News and the Guardian claimed David Walliams preyed on teenage girls and young women for sex. Walliams denies all allegations of wrongdoing, including criminal activity. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00There is an important leadership role for the BBC in relation to this.
00:04I would hate for us to forget, though, that there were a number of entertainment and media organisations
00:12and publishing organisations as well, where concerns were raised about Russell Brand's behaviour
00:18and were simply not acted on.
00:20And that is why I'm bringing together representatives from across those different industries
00:25to ensure that we draw a line in the sand and take action that's long overdue.
00:30But she asked about the BBC in particular, and she is right to say that there were significant problems
00:36that were uncovered at the BBC through this.
00:39I have to say, I am deeply frustrated that we've had so many reviews.
00:44The first, the Dame Janet Smith review into Jimmy Savile.
00:48We had the review into the conduct of Hugh Edwards.
00:51We had reviews into the conduct of Tim Westwood.
00:54And frankly, if you put those reviews next to each other and look at the recommendations,
00:59these are the same recommendations that are made over and over again.
01:03And I will not accept that we cannot get our app together and make sure that our public service broadcaster,
01:09of whom this country is rightly very proud, cannot uphold better standards and processes than we've seen to date.
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