BBC World Service: National Security
Commons · Question 70440 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 10 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
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
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 10 Sep 2025
Through 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...