| Heading: |
BBC World Service |
| Question ID: |
1811372 |
| UIN: |
HL8329 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4345 |
| Asking Member display name: |
The Lord Bishop of Southwark
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| Asking Member handle: |
BishopSouthwark
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BishopSouthwark
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the BBC World Service on (1) global projection of the UK, and (2) global access to news reporting. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government highly values the BBC World Service and its role promoting the national interest, supporting our security and reflecting our culture and values to the world. According to a 2025 survey conducted for the BBC by the independent polling compan... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |