§ 64. Mr. Swinglerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amounts of dollar expenditure on television material he has authorised to be spent by programme contractors to the Independent Television Authority and by the British Broadcasting Corporation in each month since June, 1955.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe following are the figures for the United Kingdom television programme material—sterling equivalent of dollar authorisations:
£ June, 1955 49,000 July,1955 106,000 August,1955 214,000 September,1955 191,000 October, 1955 53,000 November,1955 71,000 December,1955 133,000 January, 1956 85,000 February, 1956 136,000 Note—These figures relate to authorisations, and not to actual expenditure. They exclude cases where the acquisition of television rights is authorised as part of a more comprehensive agreement for the acquisition of literary or artistic rights in particular works.