§ Mr. R. Morganasked the Minister of Information, in view of the fact that the British Broadcasting Corporation news bulletins now contain a large proportion of news drawn from official communiqués, whether the copyright restrictions with regard to the use of these bulletins still applies, or whether it can now be made permissible for them to be broadcast to the public in places of entertainment, hotels and other similar places?
§ Mr. NicolsonThe B.B.C.'s News Service continues to depend, to a large 51W extent, on the supply of news from the news agencies. Several agencies allow their information to be broadcast only if the B.B.C. recognises a copyright interest on the part of these agencies enabling them to restrict the use of the bulletins in public places. The second part of the Question does not therefore arise.