HC Deb 18 November 1981 vol 13 cc146-7W
Mr. John Fraser

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what response he has given to submissions made to him to authorise community radio.

Mr. Whitelaw

Those who have sent in comments on community radio, including proposals for the establishment of community radio stations, have been told that their views will be taken into account in the further consideration which, as I explained in my statement on 14 July—[Vol. 8, c. 330–31]—I am giving to the subject following the publication last December of the third report of the Home Office local radio working party.