§ The Earl of Kimberleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have made representations to the BBC and ITV about their decisions not to stop transmission for two minutes at 11 am on Armistice Day in view of the fact that Sky News did so stop.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage (Lord Inglewood):No. The Royal British Legion made clear that the two-minute silence on the anniversary of Armistice Day was to be voluntary. Broadcast coverage over the weekend was admirably extensive, including the BBC's coverage of the Cenotaph ceremony on Remembrance Sunday, the day officially established for paying respect to Britain's war dead, and the Legion's Festival of Remembrance on 11 November.