§ MR. C. B. HARMSWORTH (Worcestershire, Droitwich)To ask the Postmaster-General if he can state the cause of the breakdown in the Shetland cable recently; and whether it was in any way owing to the operations of trawlers in these waters.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The cause of the breakdown cannot be 840 stated. The cable, at a depth of fifty fathoms, was simply flattened for a short length. There is nothing to show that trawlers were responsible. I regret to say that the cable is again faulty.