Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 70440
BBC World Service: National Security
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025
Question
Sir Julian Smith
Conservative — Skipton and Ripon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of funding reductions to the BBC World Service on the UK's ability to counter foreign threats.
Answer
Seema MalhotraThrough high quality and investigative journalism, the BBC exposes and debunks the misinformation, disinformation and harmful narratives that malign actors, hostile states and others produce internationally. The World Service remains the world's most trus...
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