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3 Ibid., vol. 612, col. 866. Bevan went on to suggest continuous coverage on a separate television channel.

4 Ibid., vol. 618, cols. 1025-27.

5 Ibid., vol. 671, cols. 1479-81; vol. 673, cols. 641-42.

• Ibid., vol. 673, cols. 1748-49, 1770, 1791-92, 1795.

7 Ibid., vol. 684, col. 78; vol. 685, cols. 1360-61; Manchester Guardian Weekly (Dec. 5, 1963), p. 6; (Dec. 12, 1963), p. 4.

8 Manchester Guardian Weekly (Nov. 21, 1963), p. 6. See also ibid., (Feb. 21, 1963), p. 15. His views were reaffirmed in a letter to the author, June 30, 1966.

9 Robin Day, Television: A Personal Report (London: Hutchinson & Co., 1961), chapter 13.

10 The Case for Televising Parliament (London: The Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government, 1963). The kernel of his views had been expressed earlier in a letter to the Times (London) (Nov. 13, 1959), p. 13.

11 Colin Seymour-Ure, “An Examination of the Proposal to Televise Parliament,” Paliamentary Affairs, XVII: 172–181 (Spring 1964).

12 Allen Segal, "The Case for Not Televising Parliament," in Bernard Crick, The Reform of Parliament (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964), pp. 262-69. See the second edition (1968), pp. 296-306.

13 Day, The Case for Televising Parliament, p. 5.

14 Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 713, cols. 1033-34. See also Manchester Guardian Weekly (May 27, 1965), p. 4; (June 3, 1965), P. 4.

15 Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 713, col. 1133.

16 Times (April 30, 1966).

17 Times (April 22, 1966). See also ibid. (April 21, 23, 26); Manchester Guardian Weekly (April 28, 1966), pp. 4, 9; Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 727, cols. 43-44, 118-119, 125, 355–362.

18 Ibid., col. 2118.

19 First Report from the Select Committee on Broadcasting of Proceedings in the House of Commons (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1966), pp. v, xxxii.

20 Ibid., p. xxx.

21 For instance, see Manchester Guardian Weekly (April 28, 1966), p. 4, (Oct. 27, 1966), p. 4; Observe (Aug. 7, 1966).

22 A free vote is when the parties take no official position on an issue, so the Members can vote as individuals. In this instance, those voting in favor were 79 Labour, 44 Conservative, 6 Liberal, and 1 Welsh Nationalist; those opposed were 67 Conservative, 62 Labour, and 2 Liberal. See the Times, (Nov. 26, 1966); Manchester Guardian Weekly (Dec. 1, 1966), p. 4; Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 736, cols. 1729–1733. This clearly illustrates that party affiliation is not a major factor in this issue.

23 Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 736, cols. 1606-1733. 24 Manchester Guardian Weekly (Dec. 1, 1966), p. 6, (Feb. 9, 1967), p. 5, (March 9, 1967), p. 6; Times (Nov. 25, 1966), Parliamentary Affairs, XX: 12 (Winter 1966-67); letter from Robin Day to author (Feb. 9, 1967); Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 756, cols. 100, 108. Only 40% of the total membership of 640 in the House of Commons voted.

25 Parliamentary Debates (House of Lords), vol. 275, cols. 65-136; Times (June 16, 1966).

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26 Parliamentary Debates (House of Lords), vol. 274, col. 37.

27 Times (May 4, 14, 1966).

28 Parliamentary Debates (House of Lords), vol. 276, cols. 549–561. 29 For instance, see Times (April 30, Aug. 13, Nov. 12, 1966).

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30 Parliamentary Debates (House of Lords), vol. 281, cols. 435-441, 541-542.

31 Ibid., vol. 286, cols. 47-48, vol. 287, cols. 1382-86, vol. 288, cols. 776–78. 32 Manchester Guardian Weekly (Feb. 8, 1968), p. 2. See also Times (Feb. 3, 1968), p. 2 (Feb. 5), p. 4 (Feb. 7), p. 8 (Feb. 14), p. 2 (Feb. 19), p. 6. For the substance of the debates, see Parliamentary Debates (House of Lords), vol. 288, cols. 909-1364.

33 Times (Feb. 19, 1968), p. 6. See also Manchester Guardian Weekly (Feb. 15, 1968), p. 7; Parliamentary Debates (House of Lords), vol. 281, col. 440. 34 Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 756, col. 137.

35 Ibid., col. 94.

36 Ibid., col. 100.

37 Ninth Report from the Select Committee on House of Commons (Services) (Oct. 24, 1969); Times (March 13, 1968), p. 2 (April 30, 1968).

38 Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 760, cols. 30-31; Times (March 5, 1968), p. 6.

39 The question of televising proceedings had now been assigned to a subcommittee of the House of Commons Services Committee, a permanent committee of the House always under the chairmanship of the Leader of the House. 40 Times (Nov. 7, 1968), p. 4 (Nov. 8), p. 10; Manchester Guardian Weekly (Nov. 14), p. 8.

41 Manchester Guardian Weekly (Dec. 26, 1968), p. 8. See also Times (Dec. 18, 1968).

42 Second Report by the Select Committee on Broadcasting the Proceedings of the House of Lords (June 27, 1968). See also, Times (July 6, 1968), p. 3. The First Report had been published on Dec. 4, 1967.

43 Parliamentary Debates (House of Lords), vol. 300, cols. 1069-1123; Manchester Guardian Weekly (March 27, 1969), p. 8.

44 Times (March 26, 1969), April 1; Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 791, cols. 1654–56.

45 See the remarks of the Committee's chairman, Mr. Arthur Bottomley, in Second Special Report from the Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration (March 19, 1969), pp. 3-4; and Parliamentary Debates (House of Commons), vol. 791, cols. 1654–56.

46 Ibid., col. 1656.

471bid., cols. 1617-1718; Manchester Guardian Weekly (Nov. 29, 1969), p. 16; Guardian (Nov. 22, 1969), p. 8; Times (Nov. 22, 1969), p. 2. Technically, the vote was on a motion "to put the question," which received 75 yes and 32 no votes (the small number is not unusual for a Friday); but a motion to close debate needs at least 100 voting in the majority, so the motion did not pass, and for all practical purposes postponed indefinitely consideration of experimenting with televising debates.

48 Times (Dec. 19, 1969).

49 For some photographs of the assembled House of Commons, see Times, (July 3, 1970), p. 8.

50 Manchester Guardian Weekly (Nov. 20, 1971), p. 10; Times (Nov. 18, 1971), p. 14.

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(Act of August 12, 1970: Section 3685. Title 39. United States Code)

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Broadcast Coverage of State Legislatures

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS,

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,

Washington, D.C., September 4, 1974.

To: Joint Committee on Congressional Operations.

From: Clay H. Wellborn, Analyst, Government and General Research Division (Kenneth E. Gray, Division Chief).

Subject: Broadcast Coverage of State Legislatures.

The enclosed table was prepared in response to your request for information on broadcast coverage of regular floor proceedings in State legislatures. The research that led to the preparation of the table was performed by a team of CRS analysts who contacted the clerks and secretaries of both houses of each State legislature. In some instances CRS analysts were also able to obtain information from State legislative research service personnel.

The table indicates whether or not broadcast coverage is permitted in each of the houses of the State legislature. If coverage is permitted the table indicates when such permission was first granted. Notes accompanying the table indicate special conditions applying to permission for coverage, and they provide other relevant information. as well.

The analysts who conducted the research uniformly asked the following questions:

(a) Does upper house of legislature presently authorize and permit broadcast coverage of regular floor proceedings by radio?

(b) Ditto by television? If so, on what date...?

(c) Does lower house of legislature presently authorize and permit broadcast coverage of regular floor procedures by radio? If so, on what date was such permission first granted?

(d) Ditto by television? If so, on what date.

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Analysts were told that additional details were not needed, but that appropriate information could be added in footnotes. Analysts met in a group before making their calls and it was explained the emphasis was on the regular coverage of floor proceedings. In several cases callbacks were necessary to clarify ambiguous or puzzling reports.

The dates were especially difficult to obtain. In many instances time did not permit the responding State officials to review their files and to provide CRS with the exact date of the first granting of broadcast permission. Estimates were obtained where possible.

I trust that this information will meet your needs. If the government division can be of any additional assistance to you in this matter, please do not hesitate to call.

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1 With permission of the presiding officer.

* Exact date of first instance of broadcast coverage not available at this time. Broadcast coverage, however, has been permitted for many years.

3 With permission of the clerk of the house of representatives.

There is seldom any broadcast coverage in this house of this State legislature.

& There has never been any broadcast coverage of regular sessions of this house of this State legislature, but the rules do not prohibit such coverage.

There was earlier coverage in this house of this State legislature, but the current rule governing coverage went into effect in 1973. Respondents were unable to provide the date of first coverage in the time required by requestor.

7 Coverage is permitted only on a limited and occasional basis, such as for major gubernatorial addresses to the legislature.

With the agreement of presiding officer, majority leader, and minority leader.
Approximate date.

10 Tape recording is occasionally permitted with consent of the presiding officer.

11 There is no policy in this house of this State regarding broadcast coverage. It is neither allowed nor disallowed under current rules of procedure.

12 There was one broadcast on educational television in 1974. Further broadcast coverage is currently under consideration. 13 Only taping is permitted, not live broadcasting.

14 Approval by membership required.

15 Coverage became frequent beginning in 1963.

16 Broadcast coverage has never been an issue, and has never occurred.

17 Nebraska has a unicameral legislature.

18 Rules applying to press apply to radio and television broadcasts. Such coverage has never been disallowed.

10 Exact date of first coverage is not available at this time, but respondent indicated that coverage is relatively recentoccurring only during the last several sessions.

20 Educational TV is allowed on last day of session.

21 Coverage not generally allowed. Permitted only with special permission of the Rules Committee.

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