40. Earl of Dalkeithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will seek discussions with the Post Office Board, with a view to changing the emergency telephone dialling code from 999 to 111 in the interests of speeding up communications between the general public and the police and other emergency services.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThis suggestion has been considered from time to time with the Post Office but technical reasons rule out a change, at any rate for the present.