§ 44. Sir ALFRED BEITasked the Postmaster-General, whether the new charter to be granted to the British Broadcasting Corporation will contain provisions restricting the right of the corporation to give concerts by their orchestra, largely financed by licence-holders' contributions, without broadcasting them.
§ Major TRYONNo, Sir. No such restriction has been recommended by the Ullswater Committee, who, I understand, received much evidence on the subject of the concerts given by the Corporation.
§ Sir A. BEITIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a great many licence holders are objecting to the B.B.C. using their organisation for giving recitals and thus rendering the concert available only to those who personally visit the concert hall?
§ Mr. GRAHAM WHITEIs it not an important part of the functions of the B.B.C. to encourage music by every possible means in addition to Broadcasting?
§ Major TRYONI understand that it is not the general practice of the B.B.C. to give concerts which are not broadcast, but there are occasions when a series of concerts has been arranged and afterwards, because some more important event intervenes, a particular concert in the series is not broadcast, the time being given to some other subject.