§ 40. Mr. Gowasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take in the light of the Seventh Report of the Parliamentary Commission for Administration, printed on 10th November 1975.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI made a statement following the publication of that report in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Gateshead, West (Mr. Horam) on 11th November. Since then we have had the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Congreve v. Home Office on 4th December. I announced the284W decisions I had taken following that judgment in my statement in the House on 9th December and in a reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton (Mr. Graham) on 13th January. No doubt the Select Committee will in due course consider the Parliamentary Commissioner's Report. I am of course considering the implications of the whole affair for the procedure for increasing television licence fees in future.
§ Mr. Dykesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether all payments of £6 refunds, regarding the fees paid by members of the public for television licences which came into force from 1st April 1975, have now been made.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsRefunds of £6 have been sent to all those who took out overlapping colour television licences for £12 before 1st April 1975 and subsequently responded to my request for an additional payment of £6.