Formal minutes
Wednesday 29 March 2006
Members present:
Mike Gapes, in the Chair
| Mr Fabian Hamilton
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr John Horam
Mr Eric Illsley
Andrew Mackinlay
Sandra Osborne
| | Mr Greg Pope
Mr Ken Purchase
Sir John Stanley
Gisela Stuart
Richard Younger-Ross
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The Committee deliberated.
Draft Report (Public Diplomacy), proposed by the
Chairman, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the Chairman's
draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 34 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 35 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 36 to 38 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 39 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 40 to 45 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 46 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 47 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 48 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 49 and 50 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 51 to 56 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 57 to 61 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 62 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 63 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 64 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 65 and 66 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 67 and 68 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 69 to 73 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 74 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 75 and 76 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 77 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 78 and 79 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 80 to 83 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 84 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 85 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 86 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 87 to 90 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 91 to 100 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 101 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 102 to 104 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 105 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 106 to 111 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 112 and 113 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 114 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 115 to 117 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 118 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 119 and 120 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 121 to 123 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 124 and 125 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 126 read, as follows:
We conclude that the reduction in the World Service's
language range, which mirrored the direction given by Government,
was regrettable but broadly the right decision on a cost-benefit
basis and in the light of the need to invest resources in a new
Arabic television service. We recommend that the World Service
in consultation with the Foreign Office review regularly its language
services for impact and financial value but do its utmost to preserve
its language services upon which so many depend for trustworthy
news and information.
An Amendment made.
Amendment proposed, in line 2, to leave out from
the word "regrettable" to the word "We" in
line 4.—(Sir John Stanley.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Ayes, 6
Mr Fabian Hamilton
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr John Horam
Andrew Mackinlay
Mr Ken Purchase
Sir John Stanley
| | Noes, 2
Mr Eric Illsley
Mr Greg Pope
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Other Amendments made.
Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraph 127 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 128 and 129 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 130 and 131 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 132 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 133 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 134 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 135 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 136 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 137 to 139 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 140 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 141 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 142 to 144 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 145 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 146 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 147 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 148 to 160 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 161 and 162 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 163 and 164 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 165 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 166 to 173 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 174 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 175 to 177 read and agreed to.
Paragraphs 178 and 179 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 180 to 182 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 183 read, amended and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report,
as amended, be the Third Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chairman
do make the Report to the House.
Ordered, That the provisions
of Standing Order No.134 (Select committees (reports)) be applied
to the Report.
Several Papers were ordered to be appended to the
Minutes of Evidence.
Ordered, That the appendices
to the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee be reported
to the House.—(The Chairman.)
[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 April at 9.30am.
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