article_snippet: MPs also criticised the BBC’s director-general, Lord Hall, for failing in his role as the corporation’s editor-in-chief, after his turned down an invitation to give evidence to the European Scrutiny Committee four times.
article_snippet: Lord Hall, who earns £450,000 a year of licence fee payers’ money, eventually relented after the European Scrutiny Committee told his to treat the European Scrutiny Committee invitation as a ‘formal summons’.
article_snippet: MPs also criticised the BBC’s director-general, Lord Hall, above, for failing in his role as the corporation’s editor-in-chief, after his turned down an invitation to give evidence to the committee in Parliament four times .
article_snippet: things were particularly angry with Lord Hall.
article_snippet: ’ the committee in Parliament had to write to the director-general five times over the course of a year before the director-general agreed to appear before members.
article_snippet: Even then, the director-general only did so after the committee in Parliament told the director-general it was a ‘formal summons’ and accused the director-general of hiding behind historic rules which would let the director-general off the hook because of the director-general peerage.
article_snippet: Members of the Lords do have the right to decline invitations to appear before the Commons.
article_snippet: Lord Hall has denied ever trying to take advantage of his peerage in this way.
highlights_snippet: MPs also criticised Lord Hall for failing in Sir Bill Cash role as BBC's editor-in chief .