Cuts in the jewel in the crown of this country are clearly disappointing. Does the Foreign Secretary accept that the World Service makes a huge contribution to our international development agenda? Is he willing at least to discuss with the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department, which currently makes no contribution, could make a small contribution? For example, £3 million a year would save the Russian and Mandarin Chinese services.
BBC World Service
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Foster of Bath
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 January 2011.
It occurred during Urgent question on BBC World Service.
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