§ Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Secretary of State for War to what extent the programmes provided by the British Forces Network in Germany are now being cut; and what saving to public funds will be effected thereby.
§ Mr. HeadFrom 6th July the services provided by the British Forces Network in Germany are to be altered and will contain a higher proportion of programmes relayed from the B.B.C. Home and Light services and fewer locally produced programmes. There will be no reduction in the daily hours of broadcasting. The Sunday "Family Favourites" programme will continue and local news bulletins and certain other programmes of local interest will be maintained. The saving to public funds is not yet firm, but the reduction in staff at the headquarters in Hamburg and in local programme costs is likely to save some £15,000 in sterling and half a million deutschmarks.