§ 53. Sir H. Roperasked the Assistant Postmaster-General by what date programmes transmitted by very high frequency will begin to be available in those areas in which sound radio reception is at present unsatisfactory.
§ Mr. GammansThe B.B.C. cannot make any firm plans for V.H.F. sound broadcasting, nor can the radio industry produce the transmitters or the special receiving equipment which will be required, until the form of modulation for V.H.F. has been decided. This question is before the Television Advisory Committee which expects to make its report in the autumn.
§ 58. Mr. Arbuthnotasked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether, in the interests of a speedy improvement to the sound services in South-East England, he will arrange with the British Broadcasting Corporation to put in very high frequency transmitters at some of their existing television or radio stations in accordance with the policy successfully adopted for very high frequency broadcasting in Western Germany.
§ Mr. GammansThe B.B.C.'s intention is to use existing stations wherever appropriate and their post-war permanent television stations have been designed so90W that very high frequency sound transmitters can readily be added. Detailed plans for a v.h.f. scheme cannot, however, be settled until my noble Friend has had the advice of the Television Advisory Committee.