HC Deb 06 May 1993 vol 224 c201W
Ms Quin

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans he has to meet the Independent Television Commission to discuss the implications of the merger of Yorkshire Television and Tyne-Tees Television for the work of his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Brooke

I do not consider a meeting with the chairman of the Independent Television Commission to be necessary. The monitoring of licence conditions is the responsibility of the ITC and not the Government, and I understand that the ITC is discussing with Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Holdings how it proposes to fulfil its licence obligations.