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Lord Callanan (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 March 2026

Debate

BBC World Service: Sustainability

Contribution

My Lords, as Russia and China spend about £8 billion a year on international state broadcasters, the BBC World Service is broadcasting trusted and generally balanced reporting in over 40 languages to 300 million people a week. However, that trust is undermined when BBC Arabic journalists are reported to have celebrated attacks against Israel. What work have Ministers done with the BBC to ensure that our taxpayer-funded broadcaster is maintaining impartiality, both here and internationally?

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