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Speaking about his subsequent interview with the appointments panel ahead of his appointment as BBC chairman, he says: “I wish, with the benefit of hindsight, this potential perceived conflict of interest was something I had considered to mention.

“I would like once again to apologise for that oversight – inadvertent though it was – and for the distraction these events have caused the BBC”.

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