Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he hopes to be able to make an announcement on the future of community radio in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RentonOur Green Paper "Radio: Choices and Opportunities", published earlier this year, welcomed the concept of community radio and offered the prospect of additional radio services at national, local and community level. We shall be in a position to make an announcement about our legislative plans when we have completed our consideration of the responses to the Green Paper.