HC Deb 04 June 1992 vol 208 c636W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Lord President of the Council if he has access to a live television feed of the Chamber of the House in his office; and what is his policy towards providing this facility in hon. Members' offices.

Mr. Newton

In my Whitehall office, I have access to a spur from the feed to the Prime Minister's office.

As regards the possibility of supplying the clean feed to Members' offices, the Select Committee on Broadcasting published a report on this subject at the end of the last Parliament (House of Commons Paper No. 323 of Session 1991–92). The Committee recommended that the clean feed should be made available for inclusion in the package of television services whose provision in Members' offices is currently under consideration by the other relevant domestic Committees".

As the Broadcasting Committee acknowledged, its proposal requires the approval of the House as a whole. I hope to be in a position to arrange the necessary debate in the not too distant future.