§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will make it a condition of the acquisition of the BBC transmitters that the company awarded the licence shall have an obligation to(a) acquire the ownership, (b) maintain and (c) fully finance the running of community-owned booster masts throughout Britain. [7733]
§ Mr. SproatThe BBC is handling the arrangements for the sale of its transmission services. At present, the responsibility for the ownership, maintenance and funding of community-owned booster masts in Britain lies with the communities themselves. We have no plans to impose on the purchaser of BBC transmission services new obligations in respect of community-owned booster masts.