§ Mr. Scott-Hopkinsasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he will take the necessary steps to provide the British Broadcasting Corporation with sufficient funds for the completion of the construction of their low-power television relay station programme by the end of 1972, even if this entails a specially designated subsidy.
§ Mr. ChatawayNo. As I told my hon. Friend in a Written Answer on 19th April, the programme depends as much on technical as on financial resources. If the programme were subsidised, it would, I think, introduce an undesirable new feature into the method of financing broadcasting services in this country.—[Vol. 815, c.328.]