HL Deb 06 July 1982 vol 432 c762WA
Lord Torphichen

to ask Her Majesty's Government:

How many general licences for classes of radio users (such as, but not including, Open Channel) have been introduced since 1979, or are under consideration.

Lord Elton

Since 1979, new licences have been introduced to meet limited and specialised needs covering reception of meteorological information, the monitoring of 27 MHz. transmissions, and the establishment of common base stations. A local communications licence will be introduced in the autumn. All other uses of radio are either covered by the wide range of existing licences or are exempt from the licensing requirement. We hope to be able to extend this latter category in due course.