§ 7. Mr. CHARLES DUNCANasked the Postmaster-General whether the rule of his Department and of the Civil Service Commissioners that conscientious objection to vaccination shall be respected applies also to the telephone service; and, if so, why it is stated on the Regulations issued to candidates for situations as female telephonists in the London area that no exemption is allowed in respect of primary vaccination?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEThe rule to which the hon. Member refers applies also to the telephone service and is included in the printed Regulations. Owing to a misunderstanding an obsolete copy of the Regulations has, I find, been issued in certain cases, but this has now been withdrawn.