HC Deb 16 June 1954 vol 528 cc143-4W
Mr. G. Roberts

asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he is aware that in many districts in Wales, and particularly in western Caernarvonshire, many holders of wireless receiving licences are unable to receive the Welsh Home Service programme of the British Broadcasting Corporation; that a large number of such people are essentially monoglot Welsh and consequently are essentially monoglot welsh and consequently are not able to avail

Mr. Lyttelton

Yes. The tax payable during the financial year 1954–55 will be as follows:

themselves of alternative regional broadcasts; and whether he will, therefore, take special measures to obtain for them a reasonably satisfactory service.

Mr. Gammans

The B.B.C. hope that development of very high frequency broadcasting may eventually solve the difficulty which is due to some interference from foreign stations and to the fact that a strong B.B.C. signal is not received in this area. In the meantime, everything possible is being done to limit the amount of interference.