HC Deb 17 June 1941 vol 372 cc504-5W
Sir R. Gower

asked the Minister of Information whether any estimate has recently been made of the number of people in this country who are able to listen to the midnight news bulletin; and whether, in view of the changed habits of the population owing to the war, he will arrange for the advancement of this bulletin by half-an-hour or one hour?

Mr. Nicolson

The possibility of broadcasting a bulletin at 11 p.m. has been considered but in view of the fact that there has been no decline in the audience for the midnight news, it has not been thought necessary to change an established arrangement to which listeners have grown accustomed. The position, however, is being watched in the light of the evidence available.