HC Deb 30 June 1948 vol 452 c2191
13. Mr. Donner

asked the Postmaster-General why bookmakers are given priority in the matter of obtaining a telephone and clergymen are not.

Mr. Wilfred Paling

In the matter of obtaining a telephone, bookmakers are not given priority, whereas it is the general practice to accord a measure of priority to clergymen.

Mr. Donner

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that a senior official of the postal organisation in Southampton informed a canon in my constituency to this effect, and will he take steps to reprimand that official?

Mr. Paling

I understand that that is not so, and that the clergyman in question got an entirely erroneous impression of what was said.

Mr. Chetwynd

Could my right hon. Friend ask the two people concerned in this case to share a telephone to their mutual advantage?

Mr. McGovern

Could my right hon. Friend say why those who are tipping for the future, should be given preference over those who are tipping for the present?