HC Deb 14 June 1967 vol 748 cc100-1W
Mr. Stratton Mills

asked the Postmaster-General whether it is his policy that experiments in local sound radio are to be subject to contracts which would bind the local authorities' successors where there was a change of political control: and to what extent such contracts are intended to allow for emendation or cancellation.

Mr. Edward Short

The B.B.C. are responsible for the experiment and are undertaking negotiations with local authorities to this end. Any agreements that may have been reached and any subsequent revision of these arrangements are a matter for the negotiating parties to settle themselves.

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