HC Deb 17 June 1965 vol 714 c116W
Mr. Ness Edwards

asked the Postmaster-General, if he will seek power to publish the audience ratings for the sound programmes emanating from Cardiff and its subsidiary stations.

Mr. Coleman

asked the Postmaster-General if he will seek power to publish the Television Audience Measurement ratings for B.B.C. 1, B.B.C. Wales, T.W.W. and Wales and West.

Mr. Clifford Williams

asked the Postmaster-General (1) if he will take steps to arrange that the British Broadcasting Corporation's audience measurements for B.B.C. 1 Wales and B.B.C. Wales should be published;

(2) what estimate has been made as to the audience usage of the channel allocated to B.B.C. Wales.

Mr. J. Idwal Jones

asked the Postmaster-General what estimate has been made as to the extent of the adaptation of receivers to obtain B.B.C. Wales in areas of Wales that can receive it and B.B.C. 1.

Mr. Benn

Audience research, in common with other aspects of programming, is a matter not for me but for the broadcasting authorities themselves.