§ Mr. LetwinTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if it is her policy that Channel 5 should be available to all terrestrial analogue television users in the United Kingdom. [28861]
§ Dr. HowellsIt was clear at its inception that the fifth channel could not be available in all parts of the United Kingdom because of spectrum constraints. I do not expect analogue terrestrial Channel 5 services to be extended to all analogue terrestrial television users because our priority is to use available spectrum for developing digital terrestrial television.