HC Deb 19 July 1996 vol 281 c696W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the value for money of the new structures in the BBC in respect of World Service programming relative to those that they replaced. [38484]

Mr. Hanley

We are in consultation with the BBC about the implications for the World Service of the proposed reorganisation of the BBC, including the financial implications.