HC Deb 08 December 1965 vol 722 c98W
85. Mr. Mawby

asked the Postmaster-General whether he will require the British Broadcasting Corporation, under Section 14(4) of their Licence and Agreement, to refrain from any use of obscene words in broadcast programmes.

Mr. Benn

No. Successive Governments have reaffirmed as fundamental the principle that the broadcasting authorities are independent in matters of programme content.