Oral Question·Foreign and Commonwealth Office
“What steps his Department is taking to promote and support human rights internationally.”
Tabled: 20 June 2018Answered: 26 June 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Chris Elmore)
The BBC World Service remains the world’s most-trusted international news source and supports our national security, growth and development objectives. That is why we provided a 31% increase in Government funding for the World Service this year. Funding allocations for the next three years will be announced in due course.