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| BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten and the corporation's director of human resources, Lucy Adams, have been recalled to give evidence to MPs about executive payoffs – on the same day as former director general Mark Thompson. | BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten and the corporation's director of human resources, Lucy Adams, have been recalled to give evidence to MPs about executive payoffs – on the same day as former director general Mark Thompson. |
| A rift has opened up between Patten and Thompson, now the chief executive of the New York Times Company, over the controversial payouts to former senior management, in particular the £949,000 paid out to former deputy director general Mark Byford. | A rift has opened up between Patten and Thompson, now the chief executive of the New York Times Company, over the controversial payouts to former senior management, in particular the £949,000 paid out to former deputy director general Mark Byford. |
| Now Patten and Thompson will be appearing before the Commons public accounts select committee on the same day, with both men due to give evidence to MPs on 9 September. | Now Patten and Thompson will be appearing before the Commons public accounts select committee on the same day, with both men due to give evidence to MPs on 9 September. |
| Adams will also appear, as will BBC trustee Anthony Fry. Both gave evidence to the PAC alongside Patten and BBC director general Tony Hall last week. | Adams will also appear, as will BBC trustee Anthony Fry. Both gave evidence to the PAC alongside Patten and BBC director general Tony Hall last week. |
| Patten's predecessor as BBC Trust chairman, Sir Michael Lyons, has also been called before the Commons public accounts select committee, as has former senior independent director, ex-Barclays boss Marcus Agius, who was closely involved in decisions on severance payments as chairman of the executive board remuneration committee. | Patten's predecessor as BBC Trust chairman, Sir Michael Lyons, has also been called before the Commons public accounts select committee, as has former senior independent director, ex-Barclays boss Marcus Agius, who was closely involved in decisions on severance payments as chairman of the executive board remuneration committee. |
| Thompson issued a statement last week saying there were "inaccuracies" in the evidence given to MPs by Patten and Fry, who said there was a "disconnect" between what the then director general told them about Byford's payout, and what was revealed by a subsequent National Audit Office investigation. | Thompson issued a statement last week saying there were "inaccuracies" in the evidence given to MPs by Patten and Fry, who said there was a "disconnect" between what the then director general told them about Byford's payout, and what was revealed by a subsequent National Audit Office investigation. |
| The former director general said the BBC Trust was "fully informed in advance, in writing as well as orally" about Byford's severance package and that for another outgoing BBC executive, former marketing director Sharon Baylay. | The former director general said the BBC Trust was "fully informed in advance, in writing as well as orally" about Byford's severance package and that for another outgoing BBC executive, former marketing director Sharon Baylay. |
| Patten, speaking at the publication of the BBC's annual results on Tuesday, said the corporation had been searching "more frequently than the North Sea is trawled" for further documents relating to the Byford payoff. | Patten, speaking at the publication of the BBC's annual results on Tuesday, said the corporation had been searching "more frequently than the North Sea is trawled" for further documents relating to the Byford payoff. |
| He added: "The executive and the trust are now at one in being dismayed by the way in which the reduction in the number of senior managers was handled." | He added: "The executive and the trust are now at one in being dismayed by the way in which the reduction in the number of senior managers was handled." |
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