§ 35. Mr. LOUIS SMITHasked the Postmaster-General whether the 93,500 new telephone subscribers who have been enrolled since the reduced rates came into force on 1st October last have now all been connected up; whether in all these cases the telephonic installation has been produced in this country; and whether steps have been taken to ensure that all such installations are manufactured in future in Great Britain?
§ The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Sir Ernest Bennett)The number of new telephones ordered for installation between the 1st October and the 17th November was 73,500. Service has already been provided except in a comparatively small number of cases. In all these cases the installation has been produced in this country as is the case with 99.82 per cent. of Post Office supplies.