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Lord Burns: 'Teflon Terry' who played key role in ban on hunting with dogs

Source: The Guardian

Nov 04, 2009

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Red-hot favourite in race to be named Channel 4 chairman was involved in shaping plans for rival broadcaster BBC's future

When Lord Burns chaired the government's inquiry into hunting with dogs, he famously concluded that the practice "seriously compromises the welfare of the fox".

A former Whitehall mandarin, the 65-year-old Burns has been chairman of Abbey, now owned by Spanish banking giant Santander, since February 2002.

He is best known in the media industry for leading then culture secretary Tessa Jowell's review of the BBC's governance, funding and remit in the run up to the renewal of the corporation's 10-year royal charter.

Burns's 2005 report recommended replacing the BBC board of governors with a public service broadcasting commission to advise government on the corporation's funding requirements and decide if licence fee money should be given to other organisations to produce and broadcast public service content.

In the end, then BBC chairman Michael Grade's plan for the governors to be replaced by the BBC Trust was taken up by the government.

However,

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