The future of the BBC World Service

Foreign Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 5 Nov 2024 Closed: 20 May 2026 Parliament page
This inquiry asks how the BBC World Service is funded and run, and whether the reduction of funding will have an impact on the UK’s soft power abroad.
1 Oral session
7 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 9 events
12 Nov
2025
Correspondence
30 Apr
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4 Mar
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4 Mar
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4 Mar
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4 Mar
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31 Jan
2025
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19 Nov
2024
Oral evidence
19 Nov
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
19 Nov 2024
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Dr Jieun Kiaer · Hertford College, University of Oxford Dr Nicholas Westcott · SOAS, University of London Jamie Angus Martin Scott · University of East Anglia The Baroness Helic
Correspondence 7 letters
12 Nov 2025 Correspondence between the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs, International Development, and Culture, Media and Sport Committees and the Chair of the BBC relating to the BBC World Service, 5 November and dated 22 October
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30 Apr 2025 Correspondence with Tim Davie and Jonathan Munro relating to BBC World Service, dated 17.04.25 and 18.03.25
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4 Mar 2025 Correspondence with Baroness Chapman and Minister Peacock relating to BBC World Service dated 03.03.25 and 30.01.25
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4 Mar 2025 Correspondence with Tim Davie CBE and Jonathan Munro relating to the BBC World Service, dated 28.02.25 and 12.02.25
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4 Mar 2025 Correspondence with Tim Davie CBE and Jonathan Munro relating to the BBC World Service, dated 28.02.25 and 12.02.25
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4 Mar 2025 To committee Letter from the BBC relating to the publication of correspondence between the Foreign Affairs Committee and Baroness Chapman and Minister Stephanie Peacock MP, dated 28.02.25
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31 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and to the Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth following up on the Culture, Media and Sport, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees' joint oral evidence session on the BBC World Service on Tuesday the 17 December 2024, dated 30/01/2025
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