HC Deb 28 October 1985 vol 84 cc343-4W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the source of his information concerning the intentions of the BBC to broadcast a programme entitled "At the Edge of the Union", on the basis of which he wrote to the chairman of the BBC's board of governors requesting the corporation to reconsider its decision to broadcast the programme.

Mr. Giles Shaw

My right hon. and learned Friend, the then Home Secretary first learnt of the BBC's intention to broadcast this programme when he was asked to comment on it by a member of the staff ofThe Sunday Times. Material about the programme was then published in the press.