HC Deb 26 January 1983 vol 35 c443W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Prime Minister what representations she or her staff made to the British Broadcasting Corporation to have the corporation make available to Independent Television News all the film of the Prime Minister's recent Falklands visit.

The Prime Minister

Because of the need for security over my travel arrangements, my chief press secretary arranged for a BBC TV team who were to have left Port Stanley in the week before my arrival to remain in the Falkland Islands. On my arrival, my Press Office in London got in touch with the BBC to explain the service rendered for television as a whole in ensuring that camera facilities were in the Falklands to cover the visit. It accordingly asked the BBC, in the interests of fair play, to make its film and sound available to ITN and IRN. The BBC eventually gave an undertaking to do so. Later an ITN reporter, also representing IRN, and a film crew arrived in the Falklands and also covered my visit.

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