Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Austin Mitchell (Labour), on Tuesday, 25 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 131 members in total.

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CUTS TO THE BBC WORLD SERVICE

That this House expresses its concern at the decision of the Government and the BBC to close the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Slovene, Kazak and Thai language services and to downgrade other services in Hindi and those serving Brazil; believes that at its best the BBC World Service can challenge corruption, expose human rights abuses and promote democratic values; further believes that to measure such concepts purely in terms of audience numbers and financial considerations does not do justice to their importance; notes that such measures may reduce British influence in key parts of Europe and the rest of the world; and therefore calls on the Government to review the decision to close the services and to provide adequate resources to maintain current services.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

864 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Jeremy Corbyn

Angus Robertson

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

Linda Riordan

Subjects

Languages BBC World Service

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk