HC Deb 13 December 1979 vol 975 cc715-6W
29. Mr. Rathbone

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now able to announce the date of publication of the Government's plan for the second independent television channel.

Mr. Whitelaw

I hope that legislation to implement the plans which I outlined in my speech to the Royal Television Society on 14 September, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House, will be introduced early in the New Year.