HC Deb 20 March 1980 vol 981 c249W
42. Mr. Shersby

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take the necessary steps to prohibit the showing on television of cinematograph films having an X certificate for exhibition in a cinema.

Mr. Brittan

We are satisfied that the broadcasting authorities should continue to determine the suitability of including particular categories of cinema films in their broadcast services in the light of their obligations regarding programme standards, the requirement to have regard to the likely composition of the audience when scheduling such material, and their practice of publishing appropriate information in their programme journals. For these reasons, we do not think it would be appropriate to impose the restriction my hon. Friend suggests.