Community Radio

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 2 March 2009.

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Photo of Nicholas Soames Nicholas Soames Conservative, Mid Sussex 2:30, 2 March 2009

The Secretary of State is right in saying that community radio is a fledgling industry, but is he aware that the services provided by those stations are incredibly important and popular? As it is a new industry, will he remove the dead hand of government from the regulatory consultation he is going through and let those stations flourish and deliver to local people the kind of local service they are beginning to miss?