§ 46. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of representations he has received which express support for local and regional sound broadcasting.
§ Mr. BrittanSince 1 January 1979 we have received over 300 representations expressing support for local radio and some 10 representations expressing support for regional radio. This total includes 155 representations which we received following our invitation for comments on the second report of the Home Office local radio working party on which the BBC and the IBA are represented, and whose remit is to prepare proposals for the further development of local radio, by stages, over the United Kingdom as a whole. We understand that during the course of the consultation exercise which it carried out last year the working party received a further 36 representations of support for local radio.