BBC World Questions
Commonwealth Special 5 July 2022 

Is the Commonwealth a force for good?

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BBC World Questions is a World Service debate programme delivered in partnership with the British Council. This edition will be recorded on 5 July 2022 and broadcast worldwide from 9 July 2022.

World Questions is a series of international events created by the BBC World Service in partnership with the British Council. Recordings of the debates are broadcast on the BBC World Service and remain on the BBC website. Both the BBC and the British Council are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal information about you during and after your relationship with us, in accordance with data protection law. 

What we will collect 

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The BBC and British Council have each balanced our individual set of interests in processing your data for this event against any impact on your individual rights and freedoms. The BBC and British Council each found that such impact does not override our respective interests. 

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