Major Lloydasked the Minister of Information if he will state the form and scope of the consultations between his Ministry and the B.B.C.
§ Mr. E. J. WilliamsIn the case of the Home services, there are no arrangements for regular consultation between the Ministry and the Corporation, it being understood that the Ministry is available to give advice to the Corporation as required. With regard to the Overseas services, consultations are constantly in progress sometimes through individual contacts between Regional Officers and sometimes through joint committees. Such consultations are usually on broad lines and deal with the general suitability of the service concerned. A special division of the Ministry is responsible for discussions on technical matters, on the collec-2514W tion of listener research from abroad, and on the time and frequencies of the transmissions.