§ MR. LOUGHI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he will state Oil what grounds a charge of twopence is made to Members of this House for the use of a telephone which the Post Office has erected in one of the rooms of this House, while no charge is made to Members for the use of the Telephone Company's instruments; and whether he can see his way to remove this charge.
LORD STANLEYTwopence is the ordinary charge for the use of the telephone at a public call office in London, but circumstances in the case of telephones supplied in the precincts of this House are special, and I have decided that in future no charge shall be made to Members for their use.