§ 91. Mr. Collinsasked the Postmaster-General what changes there will be in the wavelengths available to this country for either Home or Overseas programmes, as a result of the agreement signed on 15th September at the International Conference on radio wavelengths.
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§ Mr. Wilfred PalingOne long and 13 medium wavelengths are allocated to this country in the plan signed at Copenhagen on 15th September. The current plan signed at Lucerne in 1933 allocated to us one long and 10 medium wavelengths but the B.B.C. has been using temporarily three additional wavelengths belonging to other countries. The long wave—1500 metres—is the same in both plans but the medium waves are all different. The Copenhagen plan will be introduced in March, 1950, and the wavelengths are sufficient to ensure that the B.B.C. programmes can be carried on substantially as they are at present.