§ 4. Mr. Jannerasked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether he is aware that there is no telephone at the Forest Lodge infant and junior school at Charnor Road, Leicester, which has a complement of 1,537 children; that this causes inconvenience in cases of illness, as the nearest telephone box is some distance from the school; and whether he will arrange for a telephone to be installed at the school without further delay.
§ Mr. GammansI am sorry that the schools in this new estate are having 18 to wait for a telephone. We have been held up for cables, but these are now being laid and I hope that the schools will be connected to the telephone within a few months.
§ Mr. JannerWill the hon. Gentleman keep in mind the fact that a telephone is particularly needed in this school? A child was taken ill not so long ago; two teachers had to attend the child; the headmistress had to go by car to get the mother, and it was only after that that she was able to telephone. Can he please hurry the matter up as speedily as possible?
§ Mr. GammansI shall hurry it up as quickly as I an, but I would remind the hon. Member that, according to my information, the nearest kiosk is only 300 or 400 yards away.