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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

The output from the transmitter is concentrated into a very narrow beam. Along this beam the power is of the order of 10 megawatts; outside the beam it is less than one thousandth part of this. No large increase in power is foreseen in the near future. The consultations referred to in the Answer given the hon. Member on 4th December are concerned solely with the effects of high frequency radiation.