§ 80. Mr. Haymanasked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether West Cornwall will be included in the effective range of the television transmitter the British Broadcasting Corporation propose to erect on North Hessary Tor, Dartmoor; what will be the western limits of effective range; and what is the approximate population of the excluded area.
§ Mr. GammansThe B.B.C. informs me that the estimated western limits of effective range will be approximately along a line running from Padstow to the Lizard; the population of Cornwall to 95W the west of this line is about 135,000. Satisfactory reception of television programmes may be possible in some areas beyond the estimated western limits, but to what extent will not be known until tests have been made from the transmitter site.
In accordance with the Government's decision, no work on setting up this station will be done for the present, apart from acquiring a site.