HL Deb 23 June 1981 vol 421 c1058WA
Lord Brockway

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will support the overwhelming majority of the members of the general advisory council of the BBC in urging the governors to show the film, The War Game.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Belstead)

The BBC is responsible for the content of the programmes it broadcasts and it would be contrary to the practice, endorsed by successive Governments, for Ministers to seek to influence the corporation's decisions.