§ Mr. Haselhurstasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will provide details of the current extent of home taping of copyright pre-recorded music in millions of hours per year and the proportion of television programmes seen more than once through the use of video recording machines.
§ Mr. ButcherThe Government do not compile statistics on either of these activities, but respondents to the recent Green Paper "The Recording and Rental of Audio and Video Copyright Material" (Cmnd. 9445) have submitted the results of commissioned market research. These give estimates of the extent of home taping of copyright music varying from 312 to 466 million hours a year. One survey estimates that 7 per cent. of viewed programmes are recorded and watched, with 1 per cent. being seen more than once.