Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 April 1996. It was answered by Iain Sproat (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 April 1996 on behalf of the Department of National Heritage.

Dept of National Heritage

Question: What research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) the adoption by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission of a programme of action to introduce V Chip Technology and encode television programmes, (ii) the Shaw-Rogers V Chip trials, (iii) the Edmonton trials of V Chip technology by Shaw Cablesystems and Superchannel in 1994, (iv) the Rogers Cablesystem V Chip trials in Toronto and Ottawa in 1995, (v) Canadian Television broadcasting companies' trials of V Chip technology in Montreal in 1995 and (vi) the third round of V Chip trials by Shaw Cable and Rogers Cablesystems in Canada in February 1996, and similar questions on same. - (Holding answer 16 April 1996).

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