Broadcasting: Children’s Television Debate
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Lord Leong
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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con)
Commercial broadcasters do indeed provide excellent content, but public service broadcasters play a unique role in ensuring that underserved groups are catered for. There is not always the same commercial potential in children’s television programming, which is why it is right that we have particular areas of work to focus on that.
Lord Leong (Lab)
My Lords, as we all know, BBC World News is banned in China. Are there plans to ban Chinese news channels and propaganda channels in the United Kingdom?
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con)
Sanctions, of course, are always kept under review, but by their nature, the Government cannot discuss them until they are made.