§ 54. Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now make a statement on the advisability of introducing citizens' band radio, following the report of the National Electronics Council recommendation that it should now be attempted.
§ Dr. SummerskillMy right hon. Friend was grateful for the report on citizens' band radio forwarded to him by the National Electronics Council. The arguments for and against citizens' band radio are kept continually under review and this report and the council's endorsement of its recommendations have certainly been taken into account. Nevertheless, neither the report nor the arguments of other advocates of citizens' band radio have yet in our view shown satisfactorily how the social, regulatory and administrative problems associated with citizens' band radio can be overcome; and we remain, on balance, opposed to its introduction in this country.