§ 7. Mr. GLOSSOPasked the Home Secretary what fee is paid by his Department to the British Broadcasting Corporation in respect of each police message broadcast; and if he will state the number of police messages broadcast since the beginning of the year?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThirty-six messages originated by the police for police purposes were broadcast from the various stations of the British Broadcasting Corporation during January and February. No fee is paid in respect of these messages.
§ Mr. GLOSSOPMay I ask my right hon. Friend whether there will be any limit to the number of such messages which are broadcast, and whether, in view of the fact that they are largely local in character, he will request that they should be broadcast at the conclusion of the General News instead of at the commencement.
§ Sir J. GILMOURI think that that must be a matter for the British Broadcasting Corporation to decide.