§ 6. Mr. Edenasked the Postmaster-General if he will issue a general direction to the British Broadcasting Corporation, under Section 15 (4) of the Licence and Agreement, that they should not broadcast programmes dealing with social matters in such a way that political bias may be expressed in them.
§ Mr. BevinsNo. The B.B.C. are already called upon to treat controversial subjects with complete impartiality. An individual point of view may be given in a particular programme, as it was in the broadcast my hon. Friend has in mind, but where this is liable to give a biased impression the B.B.C. normally take steps to present other views on a subsequent occasion. This particular programme is to be followed by others which will give listeners another view of the subject.