HC Deb 03 May 1974 vol 872 c266W
Mr. Ovenden

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what functions of the former Minister of Posts and Telecommunications will be transferred to him.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

I shall be responsible for the functions arising from the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, the BBC's Charter, the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act and Part IV of the Post Office Act 1969. These include regulation of the use of the frequency spectrum and all questions of broadcasting policy, including licensing the installation and use of transmitting and receiving apparatus, the provision of programmes by cable and broadcasting via satellites.