§ 92. Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smithasked the Postmaster-General, in view of the fact that there are two television services giving an overall national service, and a third pending which will give similar coverage, what is his policy regarding the coverage to be given by future services; to what extent they will be required to give overall coverage; and to what extent it is proposed that more flexible use should be made of the many new frequencies becoming available on the very high frequency band, by permitting cover on a basis of majority of population.
§ Mr. BevinsI assume that my right hon. Friend has in mind that some frequencies might eventually be used to give some parts of the country a greater number of services than now envisaged. I will bear this idea in mind, but I cannot decide on the right coverage for possible fourth and subsequent television programmes until it has been decided what sort of services those are to be.