BBC World Service: Political Impartiality
Commons · Question 122646 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC on the impartiality of the BBC World Service.
Answer
Answered by Chris Elmore, 26 Mar 2026
The BBC is editorially and operationally independent. The BBC World Service is bound by the same requirements of impartiality and accuracy as all other parts of the BBC, as set out in the organisation's editorial guidelines, available here: https://www.bb...