§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many hours the external services of the BBC broadcast to overseas audiences per week; how this compares with the available figures for the external services of other Common Market countries; and also how this compares with the external broadcasting output of Vatican Radio.
§ Mr. LuardThe estimated total programme hours per week of external broadcasting by EEC countries are as follows:
BBC 708 France 109 Germany 794 Italy 170 Belgium 88 Denmark 48 Netherlands 393 Luxembourg Nil Eire Nil Corresponding figures for Vatican Radio are 159 hours per week. No figures 891W are given for Radio Luxembourg nor for Radio Monte Carlo as these are commercial stations and not external broadcasting services in the normal sense of the term.