§ MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)To ask the Postmaster-General whether, having regard to the fact that the dismissal of thousands of skilled men employed by the National Telephone Company will not only deprive these men of their employment but cause loss of work to those, not part of the company's staff, who are at present engaged in the manufacture and installation of telephone apparatus and material, he will take immediate measures to prevent the discharge of that part of the staff of the National Telephone Company which is engaged upon constructional work needed to meet public wants.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) I think I must refer my hon. friend to the Answers I have given to similar Questions to which, at present, I have nothing to add. I am in negotiation with the National Telephone Company in regard to the question of the continuance of works of construction.