HC Deb 29 March 1923 vol 162 cc717-8
59. Mr. MILLAR

asked the Postmaster-General the number of telephone exchanges and party lines operating in rural areas, excluding burghs, in each county in Scotland, respectively?

The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Sir W. Joynson-Hicks)

Figures for individual counties are. not available, but there are in Scotland in rural areas 190 exchanges and 746 party lines in operation.