§ 35. Mr. Chapmanasked the Assistant Postmaster-General what facilities, in the absence of a public telephone kiosk, exist for emergency calls to police, doctors, etc., from the Bangham Pit Estate, Birmingham, 31.
§ Mr. GammansAs regards telephone facilities, I regret that I have nothing to add to the reply I gave the hon. Member on 4th March.
§ Mr. ChapmanDid that reply mean—and there was nothing to indicate it—that in the whole area, which is very isolated, there is no public telephone service of any kind by which people can call doctors and police? If so, cannot the hon. Gentleman arrange for some telephones to be made publicly available, with a notice that people can telephone from those addresses?
§ Mr. GammansAs I told the hon. Gentleman, I hope that we can get telephones there before very long, but the position is not quite as bad as he suggests, because there are three kiosks only half a mile away.