HC Deb 04 March 1925 vol 181 cc447-8W
Mr. S. MITCHELL

asked the Postmaster-General, as there is a wide field for research in the science of radio, especially in coal-mining areas, if he will, in view of the contemplated amendment of the Wireless Telegraph Acts, take steps not only to preserve the right of but to encourage amateur experimenters

Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSON

There is no intention to place obstacles in the way of useful experiments in wireless telegraphy, and some 2,200 licences for the use of wireless apparatus for experimental purposes are now in force. It is the practice to give permission to qualified experimenters to undertake wireless telegraph experiments in coal mines provided that the consent of the authorities responsible for the safety of the mines is obtained.

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