HC Deb 11 June 1952 vol 502 cc182-3
8. Mr. H. Hynd

asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many Venner time-switches were stolen from telephone kiosks in the London postal region during the last six months.

Mr. Gammans

Seventeen.

Mr. Hynd

Will the hon. Gentleman ask his engineering department to try to design an attachment which will make those switches less easy to remove?

Mr. Gammans

Yes, but I would suggest that these losses, regrettable as they are, are not a very big percentage of the total. There are over 42,000 of these switches in operation, and in Greater London the losses have been only 17.