HC Deb 26 June 1996 vol 280 c123W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will introduce measures to insulate the BBC World Service from the effects of the proposed reorganisation of the BBC. [33451]

Mr. Hanley

This Department has received assurances from the BBC that the quality of World Service programmes will be unaffected by the proposed new arrangements, that clear separation between the grant in aid funded World Service and the BBC's other activities will be maintained, and that we will be fully consulted on the implications of the proposals for the World Service.