Culture Secretary Maria Miller rejected calls for an independent inquiry into the Jimmy Savile scandal but took a swipe at the BBC for failing to broadcast its own television investigation into allegations against the presenter.
The Cabinet minister told MPs the corporation had acted inappropriately when it pulled a Newsnight film into sex abuse claims against the late DJ and broadcaster but said she was now confident BBC chiefs were taking the claims seriously.
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