63. Sir N. Stewart Sandemanasked the Postmaster-General how many broadcasts have been given during the past year for the benefit of the Dominions, Crown Colonies, and territories under our protection, exclusive of the Christmas Empire broadcast?
§ The Assistant Postmaster-General (Sir Walter Womersley)I am informed by the British Broadcasting Corporation that daily programmes were broadcast last year from their Empire Station at Daventry for a total period of 17¼ hours out of every 24 hours to all parts of the Empire by means of six separate transmissions, each timed to suit the countries to which it was primarily directed.
64. Sir N. Stewart Sandemanasked the Postmaster-General whether he has ever required the British Broadcasting Corporation to refrain from broadcasting on any particular subject in pursuance of his powers under the Charter and Licence?
§ Sir W. WomersleyI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave yesterday to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Paddington, South (Vice-Admiral Taylor).