§ 11. Sir B. Jannerasked the Postmaster-General why a telephone for public use has not been installed in the sub-post office opened recently on the Mowmacre Hill Estate, Leicester; and when he will have it installed.
§ Mr. MawbyA telephone for public use has not been installed at the sub-post office because there is already a kiosk in a convenient nearby position. We have reviewed the case, however, and have decided to install a public telephone at the sub-post office as quickly as possible.
§ Sir B. JannerI am obliged to the hon. Gentleman for that reply. Is he aware that when the plans for this sub-post office on the Mowmacre Hill Estate were passed they included a telephone booth in which a telephone was expected to be installed? Is he aware that I am glad to hear that now, at long last, he has decided to install a telephone there where it was refused before?
§ Mr. MawbyIt is true that there is a recess in the wall of the premises which was provided by the sub-postmaster and not by the Post Office. As far as we can find, we were not consulted about this recess but the fact that it is there means that we can fit a telephone in it now, and I will have one fitted.