| Heading: |
BBC World Service |
| Question ID: |
1729646 |
| UIN: |
HL1052 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
259 |
| Asking Member display name: |
The Marquess of Lothian
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
The Marquess of Lothian
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the soft power value to the UK of the news programming provided by the BBC World Service; and whether they intend to fund fully the BBC World Service language services. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-25 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
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| Answering Member handle: |
JennyChapman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JennyChapman
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| Answer text: |
The Government strongly values the BBC World Service as a UK soft power asset. It is the world's most trusted international broadcaster. Consisting of 42 language services, it provides impartial accurate news to a global audience of 320 million across mor... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |