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He ini Radio News Service
7/17/46
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INVESTIGATION OF BBC BLOCKED IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
The House of Commons upheld Tuesday night by a vote of 271 to 137 the Labor Governments refusal to accept an inquiry into the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council, rejected on behalf of the Government the demand by more than a 100 members of Parliament for an inquiry before the expiry of the BBC charter in January of next year. But he made a major, if delayed, concession, agreeing that there should be an inquiry before the new charter ex¬ pired in five years* time and that it ought to begin well before the expiry date in 1951.
Then he coupled this with an announcement that the Govern¬ ment was not opposed to the ideaof an inquiry into the press, as well.
This unexpected move aroused bitter opposition from the Conservatives. They were headed by Brendan Bracken, former Minister of Information, who accused Mr, Morrison of threatening freedom of the press. He declared: ’’The freedom of the press is more precious than the wounded vanity of a would-be dictator smarting under legit¬ imate press criticisms. "
Mr, Morrison1 s reference to a press inquiry followed his statement that the '•Government do not object in principle to sub¬ jecting the BBC from time to time to searching inquiry by an inde¬ pendent body. " All great channels for the dissemination of opinion to the public, he said, "would, the Government believed, benefit from having their state of health examined by an independent inquiry from time to time. "
"We do not exclude the press from that consideration in the interest of the health and the very freedom of the press which is vital to our constitutional liberties", he added.
Challenged by Mr. Bracken, Mr. Morrison said that this was a declaration of the Government's policy but "there has been no deci¬ sion to institute an inquiry. "
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