HC Deb 08 June 1931 vol 253 c620
62. Captain CAZALET

asked the Postmaster-General whether the terms of the agreement between the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Covent Garden Syndicate have yet been settled; and, if so, when will they be laid upon the Table of the House?

Mr. ATTLEE

The terms of the agreement between the Post Office and the British Broadcasting Corporation, which govern the payment of the proposed Opera subsidy, have been completed and the agreement will be laid before Parliament as soon as it has been executed. I do not think it is necessary to lay the agreement between the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Opera Syndicate, but I shall be prepared to explain its principal provisions if the matter is the subject of Debate in the House.

Captain CAZALET

Has any money yet passed from the Post Office to the Covent Garden Syndicate?

Mr. ATTLEE

No, Sir.

Mr. BROCKWAY

Can the hon. Member say whether a Fair Wages Clause has been included in this agreement?