§ 23. Mr. Eadieasked the Postmaster-General what degree of priority is given in Scotland to the installation of telephones in the houses of elected members of local authorities whom their constituents wish to contact urgently.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterA high degree of priority is given to provosts and chairmen of councils, but no special priority is given to other elected members.
§ Mr. EadieDoes not my hon. Friend think that it is in the public interest that councillors should have some form of 634 priority in connection with the installation of telephones?
§ Mr. SlaterI appreciate their need, but we also have many claims, and receive much correspondence, from Members of Parliament and other people with equally strong grounds for priority. We cannot accept them all as being essential. We must draw a line somewhere.