§ 42. Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunica- 30 tions when a television service will be generally available in Wester Lochaber.
§ Mr. PentlandThe B.B.C. and the I.T.A. tell me that their joint programme for extending television service has not yet reached the stage of planning for places so thinly populated as Wester Lochaber.
§ Mr. JohnstonIs the hon. Gentleman aware that this is unsatisfactory? Large areas all over the country cannot look forward in the foreseeable future to any television service at all. Should there not be some provision for the B.B.C. to provide a piped supply?
§ Mr. PentlandNo, Sir. As the hon. Gentleman knows, only a fraction of the population of Wester Lochaber would be served from a single relay station, and the smallest number of sets served by any low-powered relay station in existence is 1,000.