§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in assessing the development of the fourth television channel, he receives as a matter of course regular detailed viewing audience figures.
§ Mr. MellorA review of the fourth television channel in Wales will be made only after a much longer period of trial. Detailed viewing figures will then form one element of the assessment that is made. In the meantime, published audience information is available to my right hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he has had any request from the 361W Rediffusion cable television company for permission to transmit channel 4—England—programmes rather than S4C programmes to any part of Wales;
(2) whether a cable television company in Wales wishing to switch the service it gives its viewers from S4C to channel 4 United Kingdom is required to hold a poll of its customers.
§ Mr. MellorI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to his question on 19 January.