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Samira Ahmed. This week, if Scotland votes for independence next year, is

that the end of the BBC? Pull. In an independent Scotland is

healed, but do you keep viewers need to know, and what may happen to the

BBC Scotland votes yes to independence. And do the revelations

of drug`taking by Nigella Lawson have any place on the BBC news. At

over 600 pages, the manifesto for independence and by Alex Salmond was

full of detail. It dominated BBC output. Connect, we are in any

manner, bravely Scottish and has published its blueprint for

independence. With ten months to go, the first Minister and his deputy

conduct a mission statement, but opponents say it is a work of

fiction. There were critics of the BBC coverage.

That is a reference to the yes campaign proposal and the white

paper for a new Scottish broadcasting service to replace the

BBC in Scotland, to be funded by the Scottish year of assets. Our

political editor Nick Robinson said there were still questions about

this and other policies. The document asserts that an independent

Scotland will keep the pound, will stay in the European Union and that

Scots viewers will be able to watch strictly come dancing. Maybe the

document should say, if the Treasury agrees, as the Bank of England

agrees, every European Union states agreed, if the BBC trust agrees.

Remember, Scotland is entitled to a share of assets of the United

Kingdom. As long as BBC stays in public hands, and we hope it will,

we will be owed a share of the assets of the BBC. That is a

workable proposition. That would have to be negotiated with the BBC,

but the corporation says it will not vote `` comment on the future until

after the referendum. Plenty of questions there and to

help us and Southern, a former BBC executive. Steve, do we know what

would happen to the BBC as Scotland votes for independence? We do not

know what the latter, but we know of what the Scottish garment would want

to happen. They would set up the road broadcasting service based on

the licence fees paid in Scotland. We would have a new broadcasting

centre in Glasgow. They also say that viewers in Scotland would be

able to receive the BBC's existing services. These things have to be

paid for and what the Scottish government proposal does not have an

is the nuts and bolts of that. A senior SNP politician told me about

18 months ago that one of the principal concerns was that of

people in Scotland for the red Sea Jazz they would lose access to the

likes of East Enders, that would lead them to vote no. In all

seriousness, when he talked about strictly come dancing, he had the

real point. Is it able to say you will have all your old rule

grounds, but on the other hand, it has to be Scottish. Hopefully, it is

doable. But take the asset base, licensed dealers across the United

Kingdom have paid for a very expensive multi`million headquarters

at Pacific key in Glasgow, so in theory, we all want a part of that.

Conversely, viewers in Scotland could say they have PDC of the new

broadcasting house in London. The point is, these are very complex

questions. It is not a 32nd negotiation. And the BBC, whatever

it would be called in Scotland, needs to make sure it is also paying

`` playing fairly with other viewers in Scotland, Wales and Northern

Ireland, as well as those in Scotland. Generally speaking, it is

believed that viewers in Scotland are net recipients, the contribution

they get is greater than the one they give. If there was to be an

alternative broadcasting service in Scotland, money would be tight. Is

it likely that news coverage would be cut? I would do without.

Everything the Government has said is that in many ways it would be

much as the BBC is now, with news and current affairs at the heart of

the mission. The crunch will come partly over how the assets are

valued, whether the Scottish government has any desertion to take

some great proportion of them or how much do they have to pay to access

for the rest of the current BBC services, which may come from London

or Manchester, that of them are highly valued. Licence payers wanted

over the future holds. Is it right for the BBC to say B cannot say

anything, we have to be impartial until after the referendum. Yes,

they have an obligation to cover the issue with impartiality. Anything

they say on the corporate front may be taken as a contribution to the

argument about independence and the vote, which of course the BBC cannot

afford to do. From the viewers point of view, they are asking what the

impact on the BBC would be if they were no longer any national

broadcaster. They would still be the national broadcaster, but it then

depends what the nation as surely as. They would still be broadcaster

for England, Wales and non`violent. There could be a really in which

some role across all of the nations. In the event there was a noble

vote, I would put money on people inside the BBC and the Scottish

common already thinking, but not discussing publicly, but sort of

settlement Scotland would receive in a likes of more devolution powers.

Would like to hear your thoughts on the future of the BBC in Scotland

and any other news story. The details will be given at the end of

the programme. Allegations of regular drug`taking by Nigella

Lawson were splashed all over the tabloid papers this week after

claims had been at the at the trial of two sisters accused of fraud when

they worked for Nigella Lawson and her husband.

On Tuesday, breakfast reported this. A major scientific study on British

sex lives she was the behaviour of women has changed significantly over

the last decade. A survey of 15,000 people, should that women now have

seven partners in the lifetime, double the number a decade ago. It

also showed couples are having sex less frequently.

Was the confusion? We asked and they told us:

Letters no if your heart is the filled with joy or doom gloom. Here

are the contact details. That is all for now. We will be back

with your thoughts on BBC output next week.

Evening. If you are watching last night, I was promising