§ SIR R. TEMPLE (Surrey, Kingston)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether there will be any conditions in 825 the proposed agreement between the National Telephone Company and the Post Office which will in any way limit the power of Corporations, County Councils, and other Local Authorities to impose any conditions they may think fit as to charges or otherwise on the National Telephone Company as a condition of permitting them to continue their telephone service, or obtaining further local privileges and powers, underground or otherwise?
§ MR. A. MORLEYMy answer to the hon. Member's question is "No." The question is one which is regulated by Statute, and I would refer the hon. Member to Section 5 of the Telegraph Act of last Session. I would also remind him that I have promised to lay the agreement on the Table of the House before its final conclusion, and that its provisions will then be open to inspection.