Reception, North-East Essex

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wireless and Television – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 December 1958.

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Photo of Mr Ernest Marples Mr Ernest Marples , Wallasey 12:00, 17 December 1958

Yes, Sir. The trouble is due to a recurrence of abnormal conditions in the upper atmosphere that lead to interference from distant radio stations and about which I can do nothing. These conditions occur at times during winter when sunspot activity is high. Sunspot activity follows an 11-year cycle and is now falling. The trouble should therefore be less during the next few winters.