Culture Secretary "is not pre-judging" Savile inquiry

The Culture Secretary has insisted she is "not pre-judging" a BBC inquiry into the Jimmy Savile allegations.

Maria Miller told MPs in the House of Commons that the "Newsnight" programme carrying the allegations against Sir Jimmy Savile was "inappropriately pulled" by the BBC.

But she has since tweeted:

Her Department has also clarified that her statement referred to "allegations with regards to the item on Savile which was inappropriately pulled from Newsnight.”

A spokesperson added that the Secretary of State "does not have any detailed knowledge of the Newsnight programme nor on the decision to pull it".