§ Mr. PARKER SMITH (Lanark, Partick)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether the agreement now in course of settlement with the National Telephone Company will prejudice the position of Municipalities in applications for telephone licences; and whether that agreement, if executed, would prejudice the Corporation of Glasgow in their recent application for a telephone licence, or would make that licence, if granted, less valuable; and, if so, whether he will consider the Glasgow application, and give it a full answer upon the merits before making any agreement with the National Telephone Company?
Mr. A.MORLEYThe agreement now in course of negotiation with the National Telephone Company will not in any way limit or affect the right of the Postmaster General to grant licences to other persons.