HC Deb 15 March 1926 vol 193 c34
61. Mr. CAMPBELL

asked the Postmaster-General whether he has any information to the effect that the speeches of any other world Parliaments are broadcasted for the benefit of the public; and whether, in that ease, he will state the result of the experiment?

Viscount WOLMER

I have no official information on the subject, but I have seen reports that the proceedings of the Japanese Diet were broadcast in De ember last, and that the proceedings of certain State Legislatures in the United States of America have frequently been broadcast. I have no information as to the result.

Colonel APPLIN

Will the Noble Lord assure the. House that the Mother of Parliaments shall be the father of broadcasting from a Parliamentary point of view?

HON. MEMBERS

No!

Mr. PENNY

Is it not the fact that the medical profession rather think there will he an outbreak of sleeping sickness if that suggestion is adopted?