§ Mr. Colvinasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what progress has been made by the working group studying the possible introduction of domestic wireless licences;
(2) what is the estimate of the Home Office of the number of licensable domestic wirelesses in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. BrittanI expect to receive in the new year a further report from the working party on the administration of the broadcast receiving licensing system, which is considering again methods of payment of the licence fee and whether the base of tie licensing system might be expanded, including the possibility of reintroducing radio licences. Most of the 20 million households in the country use one or more radio sets, but precise figures for all radio sets in use are not available.