Lord Grayasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have yet had the opportunity to consider claims for compensation from applicants to the Community Radio Experiment.
§ Lord BeaverbrookWe have received 35 claims for compensation from the final total of 270 applicants to the scheme. We have also considered the case for making a modestex gratia payment to each applicant in view of the cancellation of the experiment. However, we have decided that such payments from public funds would not be justified, in particular since it was made clear that applicants should not incur the expense of elaborate applications.