52. Mr. H. MORRISasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the recommendations of the May Committee in regard to the finances of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and what steps, if any, he proposes to take to give effect to such recommendations?
§ Sir VICTOR WARRENDER (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply. As the then Chancellor of the Exchequer informed the House on the 17th September last, the position as between the Exchequer and the British Broadcasting Corporation has been reviewed in the light of the recommendations of the Committee on National Expenditure, and the Corporation has agreed to forgo, out of their proportion of the revenue from wireless licences under the scale now in force, the sum of £50,000 for the period up to the 31st March, 1932, and the sum of £150,000 in the course of the financial year 1932.
Mr. MORRISIs the hon. Gentleman aware that while the British Broadcasting Corporation has forgone the sum of £50,000, it is having more than that under the new agreement of 11th June last year?