§ Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Minister of Education (1) what action he is taking to increase the availability in the schools of this country of educational television programmes from overseas ;
(2) what action he is taking through the United Kingdom delegates to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, or otherwise, to draw attention to the obstacles to the freer international exchange of educational television programmes and to propose action to remove them ;
(3) if he will formulate proposals through the United Kingdom delegates to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation to facilitate the flow of educational television material from developed to developing countries by special arrangements regarding copyright and performing fees ;
(4) if he will consult the producers of educational films in the United Kingdom, both for television and for direct showing in the schools, with a view to establishing a scheme to make these freely available to educational television systems in the developing countries ;
(5) if he will propose through the United Kingdom delegates to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, or otherwise, the establishment of an international index of educational films, magnetic tapes, and similar programme material suitable for use in educational television.
§ Mr. Chataway: These questions raise a number of complex issues on which up 276W to now my right hon. Friend has received no representations. Other Departments are affected and if action were to be taken, whether through U.N.E.S.C.O. or otherwise, my right hon. Friend should need to consider the whole position fully with his Ministerial colleagues concerned.