Wales

19.

Mr. Donnelly
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement regarding the provision of a television service for West Wales.

Mr. Ness Edwards
Until we have had experience of the high-power station near Cardiff it is not certain what areas of West Wales will be unable to receive the service. The question will be carefully considered in the light of that experience.

Mr. Donnelly
Will my right hon. Friend bear in mind that in rural areas, where we do not always have the advantages of modern entertainment, this matter is of considerable importance, and will he press on with it?

Mr. Ness Edwards
I shall look at it with sympathy.

Mr. Hopkin Morris
Will the right hon. Gentleman inform the House when the transmitter near Cardiff will be brought into being?

Mr. Ness Edwards
That is another question.

23.

Mr. Llewellyn
asked the Postmaster-General what has been delaying the final decision concerning the actual site of the television station near Cardiff.

Mr. Ness Edwards
There have been local objections to the use of the site originally selected at St. Nicholas, Glamorgan, and the B.B.C. is at present negotiating for the use of an alternative site about a mile away.

Mr. Llewellyn
Would the right hon. Gentleman say by whom these local objections have been made?

Mr. Ness Edwards
Yes, Sir. The objection has been made by the Cardiff Rural District Council on the grounds of amenities and of misuse of agricultural land.