Children's Television Programmes

HC Deb 20 March 1989 vol 149 c411W

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his proposals for children's programmes.

Mr. Renton

Our broadcasting White Paper envisaged that the BBC would continue to be expected to provide high quality programming across the full range of public tastes and interests, and that Channel 4 would be required to cater for any interests under-represented by other parts of the independent television sector. It also envisaged a broadcasting environment in which there would be more outlets and opportunities for many different types of programming such as children's programming. We are now carefully considering the comments we have received on the White Paper.