HC Deb 25 June 1965 vol 714 c279W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Postmaster-General what plans he has for a British communications satellite.

Mr. Benn

The United Kingdom has no plans for a British communications satellite. The United Kingdom is participating, with other countries, in the establishment of a global commercial communications satellite system and it is open to British industry to tender for the supply of equipment for that system.