Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 2 March 2009.
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?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
