§ 16. Mr. R. E. Winterbottomasked the Assistant Postmaster-General what information he has sought from the electronic industry as to the capital cost of 2049 introducing commercial television, including the use of adaptors for receivers now under licence.
§ Mr. GammansNo reliable costs can be given by the radio industry until the size of the transmitting stations and the range of frequencies to be covered by the adaptors have been settled.
§ Mr. WinterbottomWill the Assistant Postmaster-General assure the House that this information and all particulars relating to the matter will be placed before this House when he makes his promised report on television?
§ Mr. GammansI cannot give that assurance, but a general programme of television development of all sorts will be laid before this House at the earliest possible moment.
§ Mr. Fletcher-CookeWould my hon. Friend give some indication as to how much the adaptors are likely to cost?
§ Mr. GammansNo, it is not possible at this stage to give any reliable estimate of the cost until it is decided in which wave band or frequency band the station will work.