86. Major Lloydasked the Postmaster-General why the prohibition on advertising by the British Broadcasting Corporation does not extend to recommendations to join co-operative stores.
§ Mr. HobsonThe B.B.C.'s licence provides that the Corporation shall not, without the consent in writing of the Postmaster-General, broadcast any commercial advertisement or sponsored programme. If the hon. Member is referring to remarks made in the course of a discussion programme, my right hon. Friend would remind him that the Government leaves the B.B.C. to exercise its discretion in permitting broadcasts on controversial subjects in the belief that they will be treated with complete impartiality.