§ 9. Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if, in accordance with Article 18(2) of the Charter, he will direct that the British Broadcasting Corporation shall include in its annual report the findings of Queen's Counsel appointed by it to inquire into allegations of bribery within the corporation.
§ Sir J. EdenNo. Such an inquiry needs to be confidential if it is to be candid and frank. We must leave it to the governors to decide how much to publish.
§ Mr. KingOf course we accept that answer—[Laughter.] That is the only way in which one can get in the supplementary question. Does not the fact remain that it is now more than two years since men, by name, were accused of corruption, and that to keep men waiting for two years under this cloud, neither convicted nor cleared, is neither fair nor within the concept of British justice? In justice to those men, is it not time that a decision one way or the other was given?
§ Sir J. EdenAs my hon. Friend knows, the BBC has now received this report, but it is waiting for the Director of Public Prosecutions to decide what action he shall take and this matter is in the hands of the BBC.