Miss Wardasked the Assistant Postmaster-General when the project for linking television with France was decided on; on what date the contract was placed for the two temporary relay stations; and on what grounds the cost of the contemplated stations at Pontop Pike was disclosed and the cost of these two south coast relay stations withheld.
§ Mr. GammansI am informed by the B.B.C. that the project for linking television with France was decided on at a meeting between representatives of Radiodiffusion Francaise and the Corporation in November, 1951. The provision of a television station at Pontop Pike would involve substantial capital expenditure whereas the link with France, consisting of two temporary relay points, was set up by means of mobile equipment normally used for outside broadcasts.