§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Postmaster-General whether any system designed for the transmission of moving photographs and actual events, these moving pictures to be received with suitable apparatus by listeners possessing wireless receivers, has been tested and with what result; why he has refused permission for the British Broadcasting Corporation's stations to be lent for television purposes by the Baird transmission system; whether the monopoly of the British Broadcasting Corporation is held to cover the transmission of pictures by television by a private company from a private experimental station; and whether, for the information of wireless licence holders and the public generally, he will state his present policy with regard to television?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONI know of no system which is at present capable of transmitting moving pictures of actual events for satisfactory reception by wireless listeners. I have not refused permission for the use of the British Broadcasting Corporation's stations for television tests. The Governors of the corporation decided, in the exercise of the discretion vested in them, after a demonstration by the Baird Company who hold an experimental licence, that the system did not at present fulfil the conditions which would justify a public trial through one of their stations. I have recently received an application from the Baird Company for further facilities. This application is at present under consideration, and I am not yet in a position to say anything further.