Carlisle and Cumberland

HC Deb 23 June 1969 vol 785 c216W

Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Postmaster-General when he now expects B.B.C.2 to be provided for the citizens of Carlisle and Cumberland.

Mr. Stonehouse

The extension of their services is primarily a matter for the B.B.C. The B.B.C. tells me that viewers in Carlisle and most of the adjacent part of Cumberland will be able to receive B.B.C.2 (and also the duplicated programmes of B.B.C.1) when the Caldbeck Station opens in the second half of 1971.