§ MR. A. D. PROVAND (Glasgow, Blackfriars)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, how much money has been voted in connection with the telephone service, beginning with sums paid when the trunk lines were taken over by the Post Office?
§ MR. HANBURYThe amount authorised by Parliament for the purposes of the Acts 55 and 56 Vict., ch. 59, and 59 and 60 Vict., ch. 40, is £1,300,000. In the ordinary annual Votes no separate provision is made by Parliament, and, therefore, the information desired by the hon. Member cannot be furnished.