HC Deb 28 July 1975 vol 896 cc364-5W
Mr. Beith

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the visit of the Minister of State to Dublin to discuss the Irish Republic's Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Bill 1975.

Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

My noble Friend visited Dublin on 2nd July at the invitation of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, not to discuss the Irish Republic's Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Bill, but to review possibilities as regards the rebroadcasting of a BBC channel in the Irish Republic.