§ Mr. Doddsasked the Minister of Education what progress has been made in the preparation for television lessons for schools.
§ Sir D. EcclesI told the British Broadcasting Corporation and the School Broadcasting Council last October that I accepted their proposal to provide an experimental service of television to schools starting in the autumn of 1957. The purpose of this experiment is to secure sufficient evidence to determine the educational potentialities of television. Expenditure on the purchase of equipment for schools will be strictly limited to what is necessary for this purpose. The planning of the programmes is the responsibility of the British Broadcasting Corporation.