The future of the BBC World Service
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Closed
Inquiry
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee is to hold a short inquiry into the BBC World Service. The World Service broadcasts in 42 languages, including English, reaching an estimated 320 million people globally each week. Most of the World Service’s global audience access the World Service in its local language. …
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Oral evidence
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Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
19 Nov 2024
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Fiona Crack · BBC World Service
Jon Zilkha · BBC World Service
Professor Richard Sambrook
Richard Sharp · BBC
Correspondence 7 letters
8 Jul 2025
To committee
Letter from Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, regarding the future of the BBC World Service, dated 30 June 2025
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5 Jun 2025
To committee
Letter from Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, to Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon John Healey MP Secretary of State for Defence, and Rt Hon David Lammy MP, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, regarding the future of the BBC World Service , dated 5 June 2025
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4 Mar 2025
To committee
Letter from Tim Davie, Director General, and Jonathan Munro, Global Director and Deputy CEO, BBC News, BBC, to Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Rt Hon Dame Emily Thornberry MP, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sarah Champion MP, Chair, International Development Committee, regarding the future of the BBC World Service, dated 28 February 2025
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4 Mar 2025
To committee
Letter from Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Latin America and Caribbean), Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Stephanie Peacock MP, Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, to Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Rt Hon Dame Emily Thornberry MP, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sarah Champion MP, Chair, International Development Committee, regarding the future of the BBC World Service, dated 3 March 2025
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31 Jan 2025
To committee
Letter from Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Chair, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Rt Hon Dame Emily Thornberry MP, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sarah Champion MP, Chair, International Development Committee, to Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Latin America and Caribbean), Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Stephanie Peacock MP, Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, regarding the future of the BBC World Service, dated 30 January 2025
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14 Jan 2025
To committee
Letter from Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Stephanie Peacock MP, Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, regarding BBC World Service follow-up, dated 8 January 2025
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14 Jan 2025
To committee
Letter from Jonathan Munro, Global Director and Deputy CEO, BBC News, regarding BBC World Service follow-up, dated 9 January 2025
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