§ 57. Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Postmaster-General whether any of the wire- 42 less exchanges licensed by him are authorised to relay to their subscribers programme items from foreign stations which are sponsored either by British or foreign advertisers?
§ Sir K. WOODLicences for the conduct of wireless exchanges prohibit the licensee from receiving any money or other consideration for the distribution of any particular programme or message and from distributing any programme or message from a foreign station containing political, social or religious propaganda in the English language. In the case of non-observance of these conditions, such licence can at once be determined. Subject to such conditions, programmes are available to listeners without prohibition in respect of particular stations, and are no doubt provided by the licensees to meet the respective tastes and requirements of their clients. No complaints have been received by me as to the nature of the programmes provided from the listeners concerned.