§ 7. Mr. Mayhewasked the Minister of Education if he will now encourage the development of a fourth television channel specifically for educational and instructional programmes.
§ Sir E. BoyleI recognise that there are educational grounds for such a development, but this is only one element in the whole question of broadcasting policy.
§ 34. Mr. Woodburnasked the Minister of Education whether he will make a statement on experiments in the use of television in teaching, such as closed circuits within schools, film libraries for 240W use in school television, and other forms; and whether the information gained will be made known to all schools.
§ Sir E. BoyleMajor experiments in the use of closed circuit television in schools are in progress at Kidbrooke Comprehensive School, London, and Warblington Secondary Modern School, Hampshire. Further experiments are planned in other areas and in other types of institution. I have suggested to the Educational Foundation for Visual Aids that they should collect and publicise the results of these experiments.