§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if it is his policy that the retail prices index formula for adjusting the BBC licence fee will continue in the years immediately ahead; and if he will make a statment.
§ Mr. BrookeI announced on 21 June that I had commissioned Touche Ross to review the BBC's progress in achieving the efficiency and revenue gains identified by Price Waterhouse in 1990, and to advise whether the licence fee should remain linked to the retail prices index until the renewal of the BBC's royal charter. I have now received Touche Ross's report, and will announce the Government's conclusions shortly.