Letter: BBC in Scotland

The position for Scottish licence fee payers is exacerbated when BBC TV's Question Time comes from Glasgow but prevents any discussion on Scottish fiscal autonomy as "this is for a UK audience", yet every week we are subjected to English domestic matters.

As the BBC has a duty to inform, in the run-up to the Scottish elections there is a strong case for a monthly Question Time opt-out from Scotland which would deal with topics relevant to Scottish viewers.

And the treatment of Nicola Sturgeon by David Dimbleby last Thursday also raises further questions about the BBC's duty to impartiality.

Calum Stewart

Montague Street

Edinburgh

As a BBC licence fee payer, I was less than impressed with last week's Question Time, which was broadcast from Glasgow.

David Dimbleby was very discourteous to the Scottish Government's representative, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

He was at pains to stress this programme was a UK-wide broadcast and that local matters were not appropriate.

But as the resulting discussions proved, local matters were appropriate if they were affecting London, as the first quarter of the programme was spent discussing the government's housing policy, how it will affect the London boroughs and remarks made on the issue by London's mayor, Boris Johnson.

Viewers in Scotland are entitled to hear current affairs affecting Scotland being given air time on this so-called UK-wide programme, but, sadly, viewers were let down by the BBC.

I do hope many like myself have made an official complaint to the BBC regarding the bias behaviour of Mr Dimbleby.

Catriona C Clark

Hawthorn Drive

Banknock, Falkirk