§ 58. Lieut.-Commander Fletcherasked the Postmaster-General by whom the cost 1410 of additional equipment, necessitated by the foreign broadcasts scheme, will be borne and when these broadcasts will begin?
§ Major TryonThe cost will he borne by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The proportion of licence revenue payable to the corporation will be subject to review in the near future in consequence of the development of television, and in any such review the expenditure incurred on the new service will be taken into account. As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated on Monday last, an announcement concerning the introduction and scope of the service will shortly be made by the corporation.