§ 27. Mr. Bryanasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what is the deficit on the British Broadcasting Corporation's broadcasting activities for the year 1968–69.
§ Mr. StonehouseThe sum of £5,091,985.
§ Mr. BryanWill the accounts of local radio be kept separate in future? Is it true that the local radio deficit will be about £4 million by the time the licence fee goes up?
§ Mr. StonehouseThe B.B.C. will show the details of these accounts in its annual Report and Accounts in the same way as it has produced details in the past, including the figure that I gave in my original reply. I think that it will be able to satisfy the anxieties expressed about expenditure of this kind.