:00:00. > :00:00.Samira Ahmed. This week, if Scotland votes for independence next year, is
:00:00. > :00:25.that the end of the BBC? Pull. In an independent Scotland is
:00:26. > :00:29.healed, but do you keep viewers need to know, and what may happen to the
:00:30. > :00:37.BBC Scotland votes yes to independence. And do the revelations
:00:38. > :00:50.of drug`taking by Nigella Lawson have any place on the BBC news. At
:00:51. > :00:53.over 600 pages, the manifesto for independence and by Alex Salmond was
:00:54. > :01:04.full of detail. It dominated BBC output. Connect, we are in any
:01:05. > :01:08.manner, bravely Scottish and has published its blueprint for
:01:09. > :01:13.independence. With ten months to go, the first Minister and his deputy
:01:14. > :01:18.conduct a mission statement, but opponents say it is a work of
:01:19. > 2:33:42fiction. There were critics of the BBC coverage.
2:33:43 > 2:33:42That is a reference to the yes campaign proposal and the white
2:33:43 > 2:33:42paper for a new Scottish broadcasting service to replace the
2:33:43 > 2:33:42BBC in Scotland, to be funded by the Scottish year of assets. Our
2:33:43 > 2:33:42political editor Nick Robinson said there were still questions about
2:33:43 > 2:33:42this and other policies. The document asserts that an independent
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Scotland will keep the pound, will stay in the European Union and that
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Scots viewers will be able to watch strictly come dancing. Maybe the
2:33:43 > 2:33:42document should say, if the Treasury agrees, as the Bank of England
2:33:43 > 2:33:42agrees, every European Union states agreed, if the BBC trust agrees.
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Remember, Scotland is entitled to a share of assets of the United
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Kingdom. As long as BBC stays in public hands, and we hope it will,
2:33:43 > 2:33:42we will be owed a share of the assets of the BBC. That is a
2:33:43 > 2:33:42workable proposition. That would have to be negotiated with the BBC,
2:33:43 > 2:33:42but the corporation says it will not vote `` comment on the future until
2:33:43 > 2:33:42after the referendum. Plenty of questions there and to
2:33:43 > 2:33:42help us and Southern, a former BBC executive. Steve, do we know what
2:33:43 > 2:33:42would happen to the BBC as Scotland votes for independence? We do not
2:33:43 > 2:33:42know what the latter, but we know of what the Scottish garment would want
2:33:43 > 2:33:42to happen. They would set up the road broadcasting service based on
2:33:43 > 2:33:42the licence fees paid in Scotland. We would have a new broadcasting
2:33:43 > 2:33:42centre in Glasgow. They also say that viewers in Scotland would be
2:33:43 > 2:33:42able to receive the BBC's existing services. These things have to be
2:33:43 > 2:33:42paid for and what the Scottish government proposal does not have an
2:33:43 > 2:33:42is the nuts and bolts of that. A senior SNP politician told me about
2:33:43 > 2:33:4218 months ago that one of the principal concerns was that of
2:33:43 > 2:33:42people in Scotland for the red Sea Jazz they would lose access to the
2:33:43 > 2:33:42likes of East Enders, that would lead them to vote no. In all
2:33:43 > 2:33:42seriousness, when he talked about strictly come dancing, he had the
2:33:43 > 2:33:42real point. Is it able to say you will have all your old rule
2:33:43 > 2:33:42grounds, but on the other hand, it has to be Scottish. Hopefully, it is
2:33:43 > 2:33:42doable. But take the asset base, licensed dealers across the United
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Kingdom have paid for a very expensive multi`million headquarters
2:33:43 > 2:33:42at Pacific key in Glasgow, so in theory, we all want a part of that.
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Conversely, viewers in Scotland could say they have PDC of the new
2:33:43 > 2:33:42broadcasting house in London. The point is, these are very complex
2:33:43 > 2:33:42questions. It is not a 32nd negotiation. And the BBC, whatever
2:33:43 > 2:33:42it would be called in Scotland, needs to make sure it is also paying
2:33:43 > 2:33:42`` playing fairly with other viewers in Scotland, Wales and Northern
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Ireland, as well as those in Scotland. Generally speaking, it is
2:33:43 > 2:33:42believed that viewers in Scotland are net recipients, the contribution
2:33:43 > 2:33:42they get is greater than the one they give. If there was to be an
2:33:43 > 2:33:42alternative broadcasting service in Scotland, money would be tight. Is
2:33:43 > 2:33:42it likely that news coverage would be cut? I would do without.
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Everything the Government has said is that in many ways it would be
2:33:43 > 2:33:42much as the BBC is now, with news and current affairs at the heart of
2:33:43 > 2:33:42the mission. The crunch will come partly over how the assets are
2:33:43 > 2:33:42valued, whether the Scottish government has any desertion to take
2:33:43 > 2:33:42some great proportion of them or how much do they have to pay to access
2:33:43 > 2:33:42for the rest of the current BBC services, which may come from London
2:33:43 > 2:33:42or Manchester, that of them are highly valued. Licence payers wanted
2:33:43 > 2:33:42over the future holds. Is it right for the BBC to say B cannot say
2:33:43 > 2:33:42anything, we have to be impartial until after the referendum. Yes,
2:33:43 > 2:33:42they have an obligation to cover the issue with impartiality. Anything
2:33:43 > 2:33:42they say on the corporate front may be taken as a contribution to the
2:33:43 > 2:33:42argument about independence and the vote, which of course the BBC cannot
2:33:43 > 2:33:42afford to do. From the viewers point of view, they are asking what the
2:33:43 > 2:33:42impact on the BBC would be if they were no longer any national
2:33:43 > 2:33:42broadcaster. They would still be the national broadcaster, but it then
2:33:43 > 2:33:42depends what the nation as surely as. They would still be broadcaster
2:33:43 > 2:33:42for England, Wales and non`violent. There could be a really in which
2:33:43 > 2:33:42some role across all of the nations. In the event there was a noble
2:33:43 > 2:33:42vote, I would put money on people inside the BBC and the Scottish
2:33:43 > 2:33:42common already thinking, but not discussing publicly, but sort of
2:33:43 > 2:33:42settlement Scotland would receive in a likes of more devolution powers.
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Would like to hear your thoughts on the future of the BBC in Scotland
2:33:43 > 2:33:42and any other news story. The details will be given at the end of
2:33:43 > 2:33:42the programme. Allegations of regular drug`taking by Nigella
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Lawson were splashed all over the tabloid papers this week after
2:33:43 > 2:33:42claims had been at the at the trial of two sisters accused of fraud when
2:33:43 > 2:33:42they worked for Nigella Lawson and her husband.
2:33:43 > 2:33:42On Tuesday, breakfast reported this. A major scientific study on British
2:33:43 > 2:33:42sex lives she was the behaviour of women has changed significantly over
2:33:43 > 2:33:42the last decade. A survey of 15,000 people, should that women now have
2:33:43 > 2:33:42seven partners in the lifetime, double the number a decade ago. It
2:33:43 > 2:33:42also showed couples are having sex less frequently.
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Was the confusion? We asked and they told us:
2:33:43 > 2:33:42Letters no if your heart is the filled with joy or doom gloom. Here
2:33:43 > 2:33:42are the contact details. That is all for now. We will be back
2:33:43 > 2:33:42with your thoughts on BBC output next week.
2:33:43 > 2:33:43Evening. If you are watching last night, I was promising