HC Deb 11 March 1953 vol 512 cc1280-1
35. Mr. Chapman

asked 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. Gammans

As regards telephone facilities, I regret that I have nothing to add to the reply I gave the hon. Member on 4th March.

Mr. Chapman

Did 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. Gammans

As 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.