The Pressman

“ One thing is certain, that if there is to be broadcasting of Parliament the B.B.C. are capable of doing it, and would like to do it. Of course, all sorts of would-be funny men have attempted to ridicule the idea and say that no surer way could be devised of bringing broadcasting to an untimely end. ”

“ The possibility is that listening to Parliamentary debates would be immensely popular—everyone knows the enthusiasm that was created by the broadcasting of General Smuts's speech, and everyone knows also how intensely interested the public were in the transmission of the speeches from the Lord Mayor's banquet.
The public does want to hear the great ones of the earth and to form its own judgment about them. ”

“ There is one use to which Parliamentary broadcasting could be put which has not hitherto been mentioned. In the B.B.C. offices all the higher officials have head phones in their rooms and the various uncles in particular can often be seen whilst in the middle of other work snatching up the phones to see what stage the transmission is at, so that they may drop their work and rush into the studio if their presence is required. There could be head-phones all over the House of Commons, for the use of cabinet Ministers, high officials, and dignitaries of all kinds. ”