§ Mr. Hayasked the Postmaster-General what are the details of the agreements made or tenders submitted for the radio and television relay systems provided or proposed to be provided by his Department for the Washington and Irvine New Town developments as respects the duration of agreements, the charges to be made directly or indirectly to subscribers, and the programmes to be relayed.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterNegotiations have not yet been completed for the extension of the network at Washington or for its installation at Irvine. The terms of any 171W agreements will be matters for the Post Office and the new town authorities; there will be no commitment, in the first instance, to provide service after 31st July, 1976.
The programmes to be relayed would be:
T.V. services B.B.C.1 and B.B.C.2 and the I.T.A. service appropriate to the location; sound radio programmes B.B.C.1, 2, 3 and 4 and B.B.C. stereophonic programmes as appropriate to the location.