§ 50. Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Postmaster-General for what frequencies in the medium wave band licences have been issued by his Department; for what purposes they have been allotted; and how near these frequencies are to those now operated by the unlicensed operators.
§ Mr. BevinsFrequencies from 525 to 1605 kc/s are allocated for use by broadcasting stations, and the B.B.C. is licensed to use a number of frequencies within this band. Unlicensed operators are using the frequencies 1495, 1519 and 1542 kc/s, which are 11, 27 and 4 kc/s respectively from the nearest B.B.C. frequencies. The next higher section of the radio frequency spectrum, 1605 to 1800 kc/s, is used by a variety of other kinds of radio services, mainly radiotelephone services between ships and the shore.