Part of the letter from the Chief Executive of the SNP dated 4 February 2010 to the BBC stated:-
“My primary position is that any attempt to broadcast such a debate in Scotland without the participation in the debate of the SNP will not satisfy the requirements of ‘due accuracy and impartiality’ under the terms of the 2006 Charter and Agreement. Moreover, as the proposal is currently constituted it seems inevitable that viewers in Scotland will be presented with a misleading impression of the issues debated in so far as they relate to Scotland.”
