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Whether they are satisfied with the arrangements being made by the BBC for the future of the World Service.
Whether they are satisfied with the arrangements being made by the BBC for the future of the World Service.
Asked by
Lord Chalfont
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
21 July 1997
Answered on
21 July 1997
Subjects
Broadcasting; Central government; Finance; Grants; BBC World Service; Overseas broadcasting; BBC World Service Working Group
Date
21 July 1997
Reference
581 c1189
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Broadcasting; Central government; Finance; Grants; BBC World Service; Overseas broadcasting; BBC World Service Working Group
Date
21 July 1997
Reference
581 c1189
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Chalfont
(Crossbench)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Whether they are satisfied with the arrangements being made by the BBC for the future of the World Service.
Subjects
Broadcasting; Central government; Finance; Grants; BBC World Service; Overseas broadcasting; BBC World Service Working Group
Date
21 July 1997
Reference
581 c1189
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary that Foreign Office grant in aid for World Service should be kept separate from general funding so that cross financing cannot occur.
1st supplementary that Foreign Office grant in aid for World Service should be kept separate from general funding so that cross financing cannot occur.
Asked by
Lord Chalfont
(Crossbench)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
21 July 1997
Subjects
Broadcasting; Central government; Finance; Grants; BBC World Service; Overseas broadcasting; BBC World Service Working Group
Date
21 July 1997
Reference
581 c1189
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Deposited by
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Deposited papers
Author
BBC; Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Committed on
24 October 1996
Originated on
15 October 1996
Received on
24 October 1996
Subjects
Broadcasting; BBC World Service; BBC World Service Working Group
Commons Library location
Dep/3 3998
Lords Library location
HINF 96/1261
Date
24 October 1996
Reference
Dep/3 3998
House
House of Commons
Statement on the outcome of the Joint FCO/BBC World Service Working Group Report on the implications for the future of the BBC World Service of the BBC's restructuring proposals. - Report in Lib as DEP/3 3998.
Statement on the outcome of the Joint FCO/BBC World Service Working Group Report on the implications for the future of the BBC World Service of the BBC's restructuring proposals. - Report in Lib as DEP/3 3998.
Asked by
Jacques Arnold
(Conservative)
Answered by
Malcolm Rifkind
(Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
15 October 1996
Answered on
15 October 1996
Mr. Jacques Arnold: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of
the joint FCO-BBC World Service working group report on the implications for the future of the BBC World Service of the BBC's
restructuring proposals. [40916]
Mr. Rifkind: The chairman of the BBC and I met on 14 October to consider the report of the joint FCO/BBC World Service working
group. We have accepted its conclusions.
I am encouraged that the working group has agreed a series of 20 new proposals designed to ensure the continued protection of World
Service interests and the maintenance of the special character, style, ethos and quality of World Service broadcasts.
The working group will reconvene in the autumn of 1997 to review the effects of the World Service of the implementation of the BBC's
restructuring proposals to ensure that the new measures agreed by the working group are functioning satisfactorily and producing the
desired results.
The Government remain committed to the success of the World Service, to the maintenance of the high quality of its output, and to
its continued pre-eminence among international broadcasters.
I have placed copies of the full report of the working group in the Libraries of both Houses.
A summary of the measures agreed by the working group is as follows:
Summary of measures agreed
In the course of its discussions the working group considered a number of measures designed to ensure the continued protection of
World Service interests under the restructuring proposals put forward by the BBC. The following are the principal measures agreed
with respect to financial and economic issues, the maintenance of the quality of World Service news and other programmes including
management issues, and the FCO/World Service relationship.
Financial and economic
(i) BBC to draw up new guidelines to govern the trading relationship between World Service and BBC supplier departments. These will
be subject to periodic internal review, independent external monitoring and an effective financial penalty clause. Guidelines to be
approved by NAO. (ii) Financial mechanisms to be developed to ensure proper allocation of the cost of overseas correspondents. (iii)
The FCO/BBC financial memorandum to be redrafted to incorporate new financial mechanisms. (iv) The BBC's fair trading guidelines to
be revised to incorporate the commitment that FCO grant in aid funds cannot be used for non-World Service purposes. (v) NAO to
examine the functioning of the new financial mechanisms after six months of operation. (vi) Arrangement for appointing the
Accounting Officer of the World Service to be re-examined in separate discussions between FCO and BBC. (vii) Proposals for
alternative methods of managing World Service Capital Assets to be examined in separate discussions between FCO and the BBC. (viii)
BBC proposals on future savings to be considered further when all necessary information is available.
Quality
News and current affairs programmes
(ix) World Service news and real-time current affairs programmes to be produced by a dedicated unit within BBC News co-located with
the World Service including the vernacular services. Dedicated team members to be appointed for a period of time agreed with World
Service. (x) World Service to specify additional competencies and training for staff working on the supply of such programmes and
services. (xi) World Service programme commissioners to have full editorial responsibility rooted in the power to specify the
agenda, range and breadth of news programmes and services as well as their style, content and distinctive voice. There would also be
provision for an internal review process with, in cases of disagreement, referral to senior management up to the director general.
The board of governors to be made aware of any such referrals. This internal review process to feed into the BBC's annual
performance review by the Director General to the Chairman and Board of Governors. (xii) World Service to be represented on all
senior appointment boards of significance to the provision of World Service output. All appointments concerned to be jointly agreed.
World Service to approve individual presenters for all key programmes. (xiii) World Service to have the right within the
specification agreed between World Service and BBC News to require programming to cover particular events or to respond to breaking
news.
Newsgathering
(xiv) World Service to have power to require that strategic deployment of newsgathering resources including geographical spread is
appropriate to range and breadth of World Service needs. Correspondents' assignment briefs to spell out their responsibilities to
World Service.
Co-location
(xv) Co-location between the team producing World Service news and current affairs programmes and the vernacular services to be
given top priority. Any period of separation to be kept to a minimum and entered upon only if and when the World Service has agreed
that the advantages significantly outweighed the disadvantages.
General programmes
(xvi) BBC to ensure that staff of BBC Production are fully briefed and trained on special requirements of World Service and that
there are regular interchanges of staff. (xvii) Programme commissioners to have extensive powers to specify target audience,
strategic objectives, style and content of programmes as well as wide freedom to commission as they see fit from within and outside
BBC.
Management
(xviii) Managing Director World Service to attend meetings of BBC executive committee whenever World Service issues are to be
discussed. World Service to be represented on BBC executive committee by the deputy director general. (xix) BBC to strengthen
oversight of World Service by BBC board of governors, including the establishment of new procedures to approve strategy and review
performance and to ensure that any disagreements between World Service commissioners and BBC production are made known to the
governors. An independent advisory panel to be established under the chairmanship of a BBC governor to advise the governors on World
Service output and performance.
FCO/World Service relationship
(xx) The World Service's relationship with the FCO to remain unaffected by the restructuring.
Subjects
BBC World Service; BBC World Service Working Group
Date
15 October 1996
Reference
40916; 282 c875-6W;282 c873-4W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
BBC World Service; BBC World Service Working Group
Date
24 July 1996
Reference
574 c1371-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Orr-Ewing
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Whether the BBC's World Service is in jeopardy as a result of the BBC Director General's current restructuring proposals. - Inc statement that a joint Foreign and Commonwealth Office/World Service working group, with access to independent advice, will be set up to address the concerns expressed in many quarters.
Subjects
BBC World Service; BBC World Service Working Group
Date
24 July 1996
Reference
574 c1371-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Whether the BBC's World Service is in jeopardy as a result of the BBC Director General's current restructuring proposals. - Inc statement that a joint Foreign and Commonwealth Office/World Service working group, with access to independent advice, will be set up to address the concerns expressed in many quarters.
Whether the BBC's World Service is in jeopardy as a result of the BBC Director General's current restructuring proposals. - Inc statement that a joint Foreign and Commonwealth Office/World Service working group, with access to independent advice, will be set up to address the concerns expressed in many quarters.
Asked by
Lord Orr-Ewing
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
24 July 1996
Answered on
24 July 1996
Subjects
BBC World Service; BBC World Service Working Group
Date
24 July 1996
Reference
574 c1371-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on news service and need for parliamentary debate.
1st supplementary on news service and need for parliamentary debate.
Asked by
Lord Orr-Ewing
(Conservative)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 July 1996
Subjects
BBC World Service; BBC World Service Working Group
Date
24 July 1996
Reference
574 c1371-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords