§ MR. HERBERT SAMUELI beg to ask the Postmaster General, whether facilities will be given to the public, through the General Post Office, for the transmission of messages by wireless telegraphy to the Continent of America and elsewhere.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThe effect of recent progress in the development of wireless telegraphy upon both the commercial and strategic interests of this country is now receiving the careful consideration of His Majesty's Government. I am also in communication with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company upon the subject of their relations with the Post Office. I am not at present in a position to make any final statement upon the subject, but I have no doubt that it will be possible to secure for the public of this country the use of this method of communication when it is sufficiently developed for commercial purposes.