§ 3. Sir D. Rentonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the Registrar General supplies the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Independent Television Authority with his quarterly returns of population statistics.
§ Sir K. JosephYes, Sir.
§ Sir D. RentonAs knowledge of how much its population may be increasing is about the most important thing that a nation can know about itself, will my right hon. Friend take every step that he can to see that this knowledge is made widely and regularly known to our people?
§ Sir K. JosephI do not think that that arises directly from the Question. The B.B.C. and the I.T.A. do not come within my field. They are, in so far as they are anybody's responsibility, within that of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.