Mark Byford, former director of World Service and Global News, is currently acting director general.

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Mark Byford came alive much, much too late and was really ineffective.

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Baroness Byford was up next with a question on abattoirs.

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Other questions came from Labour peer Lord Touhig on IT systems used to administer for universal credit an from Conservative Baroness Byford on research and development work in food, environment and rural affairs.

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