A DUP MP alleges the presenter gave an applicant interview questions and coached them.
The DUP MP Gregory Campbell made the claim during a debate on BBC Commissioning in the House of Commons.
Mr Campbell alleged that Mr Nolan gave one applicant for a job on his production team "the interview questions in advance".The Conservative Minister of State for Media, John Whittingdale, responding for the government during the hearing, said the allegations "would need to be investigated".
Mr Campbell made the allegation during a debate on the oversight of BBC Commissioning during a debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday. The DUP MP said that he had been given "an account of a BBC internal process, an interview for a highly sought after job in the BBC Nolan production team".Addressing the chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Laurence Robertson, Mr Campbell alleged "the process was rigged"."Because the unsuccessful applicants didn't lose out necessarily because they were unprepared for the interview process.
"They lost because unlike the winning candidate, the presenter did not ring them up and give them the interview questions in advance.Mr Campbell continued: "Mr Chairman, this former BBC employee is prepared to come before this house and testify in committee that Stephen Nolan corrupted a BBC recruitment process by giving one applicant the interview questions in advance and coaching them on how they should answer questions.
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