HC Deb 23 January 1969 vol 776 cc631-2
15. Mr. Gordon Campbell

asked the Postmaster-General whether all the general knowledge questions, put to the public in the course of tracing telephone faults and in other General Post Office Services, have now been discontinued.

Mr. Stonehouse

At no time have general knowledge questions been put to the public in the course of tracing faults on telephone lines. As I told the hon. Gentleman on the 21st November, the survey which contained a few general knowledge questions has been discontinued.—[Vol. 773, c. 1516.]

Mr. Campbell

Good. Why was it ever started?

Mr. Stonehouse

For the reasons that I explained on that occasion.

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