HC Deb 13 August 1940 vol 364 cc621-2W
Mr. Granville

asked the Minister of Information whether he will have a gramophone record made of passages from the Prime Minister's recent speeches, to be available to the public in this country and abroad, at a nominal price; and whether he will instruct the loudspeaker vans of the Ministry to amplify this record at their public meetings, as many people are still without means to listen to the wireless programmes?

Mr. Cooper

The Prime Minister's speeches have already been made known at home and overseas. At least one of them has been recorded on gramophone records which are available to the public. I am examining in the light of practical considerations the possibility of broadcasting recorded extracts from these speeches through the Ministry's loudspeaker vans. I am afraid I cannot undertake the marketing of these recordings even at a nominal price.