by a chinese spy to make the uk s political landscape more favourable to the chinese government s interests. she gave further details about the operation by christine lee, who was named by m15 as attempting to carry out political influence. in to carry out political influence. this case the aim wi uk in this case the aim was to make the uk political landscape favourable to the chinese authorities agenda. and to challenge those and particularly no doubt, when question is, those that raise concerns about the chinese authorities activities. 0n very pressing important issues such as human rights. of course this activity is not new which is why our agencies are so diligent and the work that they undertake. mr speaker, we can expect to see these kind of alerts become more commonplace as a result of the work of our world class intelligence agencies who have adapted to counter these new and emerging threats.
and said we just let the bbc carry on as it is and just assume into the future that we will carry on with his licence fee model. as my honourable friend has highlighted, 700,000 people fewer bought the licence fee. we have to do something that in order to sustain the bbc and to maintain the british beacon that we have in the bbc moving forward. we have to act now to ensure the bbc remains the bbc and it is here for the future. remains the bbc and it is here for the future- remains the bbc and it is here for the future. can i welcome the fact that at long the future. can i welcome the fact that at long last the future. can i welcome the fact that at long last we the future. can i welcome the fact that at long last we have - i m going to bring in our media correspondent very shortly. first of all let s have a look at the statement from the director general in response to that freeze and the licence fee which resulted in the bbc having to effective lee inflation. he says. he went o