§ Mr. Thorpeasked the Postmaster-General whether he will exercise the powers available to him under Section 4 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949, to grant experimental licences to operators of regional broadcasting stations, in order that scientific research may be made into the transmission and reception problems involved in land-based regional sound broadcasting.
§ Mr. BevinsThe B.B.C.'s Home Service, on both medium waves and VHF, has for many years been organised on a regional basis and the transmission and reception problems involved are well understood. If the hon. Member has local sound broadcasting in mind, I would refer him to my statement of 2nd June.