HC Deb 24 February 1982 vol 18 c382W
Mr. Butcher

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to limit the controls of his Department over the allocation of the television broadcasting channels of the proposed L-SAT satellite transmission system to those required by any international agreement.

Mr. Whitelaw

I refer my hon. Friend to the indication of the Government's approach to the question of direct broadcasting by satellite, given in my foreword to the report of the Home Office study on this subject, published last May. As I said in answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Arundel (Mr. Marshall) on Thursday 18 February, I hope to make an announcement about DBS very shortly.