Debate on Thursday, 1 December 2022, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Alton of Liverpool. The answering member was Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park.

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Lords motion to take note of the importance of the BBC World Service and the impact of cuts to its services. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 825 cc1892-1928
Session: 2022-23
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Alton of Liverpool | 825 cc1927-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is clear from the Minister’s speech that he passionately believes in the BBC World S...; Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe | 825 cc1910-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for securing this debate, and congratulate the nobl...; Lord Alton of Liverpool | 825 cc1893-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, throughout the autumn of 2022, the BBC has been celebrating its 100-year anniversary, b...; Lord Hampton | 825 cc1905-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as I stand to speak for the first time in this magnificent Chamber, I thank all those w...; Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 825 cc1916-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome this important debate on the importance of the BBC World Service. I share eve...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 825 cc1909-1910 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I only truly understood and valued the significance of the BBC World Service for Britai...; Baroness Browning | 825 cc1896-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for bringing this very important debate to t...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 825 cc1898-1900 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Browning. I am delighted to know ab...; Lord McNally | 825 cc1900-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as ever, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and I associate mys...; Baroness Coussins | 825 cc1901-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in 2017 the then International Relations Committee, of which I was a member, published ...; Bishop of St Albans | 825 cc1902-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for tabling this debate, and for his excellent expo...; Baroness Helic | 825 cc1904-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Alton, on securing this debate. I endorse his words...; Viscount Younger of Leckie | 825 c1905 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness, but we are some way over time and we are pretty tight...; Baroness Helic | 825 c1905 (Link to this contribution)
We hope to be a global nation. We cannot be global without a global voice.
1.17 pm; Baroness D'Souza | 825 cc1906-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise to congratulate the noble Lord on a heartfelt, informative and inspiring maiden ...; Lord McInnes of Kilwinning | 825 cc1908-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for yet again bringing another important topic befo...; Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick | 825 cc1912-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my interests in the register as a BBC pensioner and a former head of public affairs for...; Lord Liddle | 825 cc1913-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest in that my wife, Caroline Thomson, was deputy director of the Wor...; Lord Bilimoria | 825 cc1914-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the British Broadcasting Corporation is the best broadcasting corporation in the world....; Baroness Cox | 825 cc1917-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I also warmly welcome this debate on the importance of the BBC World Service and congra...; Lord Watson of Invergowrie | 825 cc1919-1921 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Alton, on securing this debate. It is not the f...; Lord Collins of Highbury | 825 cc1921-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Alton. He has been persistent in support of th...; Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 825 c1923 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by thanking my noble friend Lord Alton for tabling this important debate. I tha...; Lord Collins of Highbury | 825 c1923 (Link to this contribution)
They were your words.; Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 825 cc1924-6 (Link to this contribution)
That is another reason why I agreed strongly with the noble Lord—he was quoting me.
The UK ...; Lord Liddle | 825 c1926 (Link to this contribution)
I accept all the noble Lord is saying about how the Government value the World Service, but does ...; Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 825 c1927 (Link to this contribution)
As I said earlier, only 1% of the audience in Iran get their information via the radio, while 99%...
Subjects: Digital broadcasting Finance Fees and charges Human rights Languages Redundancy Radio BBC World Service Iran Press freedom Television licences Cuts International broadcasting Disinformation Soft power
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