HC Deb 25 January 1968 vol 757 cc151-2W
Mr. Hooson

asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the poor reception on television programmes in the mid-Wales area, and the fact that they receive only one programme and that generally indifferently, what plans he has for graduating the licence fee payable in respect of a television receiver set.

Mr. Edward Short

Quality of reception depends on many factors and can vary from house to house and from time to time. To use such a variable base for the fixing of licence fees would not be a practicable proposition. I do, however, sympathise with viewers in mid-Wales and am having a special study made in the area to see to what extent it might be possible to resolve reception problems, for example by the use of relay services.

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