HC Deb 02 February 1949 vol 460 c1672
41. Mr. George Thomas

asked the Postmaster-General whether he proposes to give special consideration to the applications for the installation of telephones by people who were bombed out of their homes and are now returning to their restored property.

Mr. Hobson

Priority is given to the restoration of service for telephone subscribers who were bombed out of their premises and are now returning to their restored property.

Mr. Thomas

Does my hon. Friend mean to convey to the House that people who have been bombed out and are now returning to their homes for the first time can have a telephone installed? My experience is very different in connection with my constituents.

Mr. Hobson

As far as Cardiff is concerned, there are no outstanding cases of this character whatever.

Mr. Thomas

Would my hon. Friend give me an assurance that if I bring to him once again a case, which he must have in mind at this moment, of a person who was bombed out and cannot have his telephone reinstalled, he will now have it attended to?

Mr. Hobson

I shall be only too happy to consider anything my hon. Friend sends me.