§ 41. Sir Alfred Beitasked the Postmaster-General when the Victoria telephone exchange, London, will become automatic; and when the conversion of the whole Metropolitan area will be completed?
§ Major TryonThe Victoria telephone exchange will, it is hoped, be converted to automatic working next May. The conversion of the London telephone system, within a radius of 10 miles from Oxford 904 Circus, will, in accordance with the present programme, be completed by about 1944.
§ Sir A. BeitIs my right hon. Friend satisfied with this rate of progress, which is a great deal slower than in other countries?
§ Major TryonOn the contrary, the telephone developments in this country have been better than in any other country recently.