§ Mr. Charles R. Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the responsibilities of the Independent Broadcasting Authority for monitoring the advertising rates charged by individual television companies.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe Independent Broadcasting Authority's responsibilities in relation to advertising on television are contained in sections 8 and 9 of, and schedule 2 to, the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1973. In particular, paragraph 7(1) of schedule 2 provides that charges made for advertisements must be in accordance with tariffs fixed by the programme contractor from time to time, which have to be drawn up in such detail and published in such form and manner as the authority may determine.