BBC WORLD SERVICE TELEVISION

Early day motion 85, tabled 24 November 1999 by Ann Clwyd (Labour). Signed by 69 members.

That this House regrets any plan to reduce the breadth of output of BBC World Television which is now available in 160 million homes worldwide; believes that BBC World Television has demonstrated its importance during the conflicts in Kosovo, East Timor and Chechnya as a source of fair and accurate information watched throughout the world; believes that, as such, BBC World Television acts as an ambassador for Britain; and therefore urges the Government to enter into discussions with the BBC to avert these proposed cuts in resources and personnel, and to find a secure basis of funding for BBC World Television in the future.

Signatures by party: Labour 41, Liberal Democrat 9, Conservative 7, Labour/Co-operative 7, Plaid Cymru 2, UUP 2, Scottish National Party 1.