My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that was one reason why I was anxious to avoid a larger scale of language service closures than those to which I have agreed. We have limited them to five language services, along with other changes to the BBC World Service, partly because of the reason he gives.
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Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hague of Richmond
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 26 January 2011.
It occurred during Urgent question on BBC World Service.
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