§ 13. Mr. Dalyellasked the Postmaster-General what steps he is taking to speed up the provision of private telephones in the Whitburn and Philpstoun areas of West Lothian.
§ The Assistant Postmaster-General (Mr. Joseph Slater)We shall be putting in a mobile exchange at Whitburn at about the end of April. At Philpstoun the difficulty has been getting a site for a new exchange. We are now examining some possible alternative ways of giving service in the meantime, and I will write to my hon. Friend when we have done so.
§ Mr. DalyellGranted the explosion of demand for telephones in Central Scotland, what is being done to get to the root of the problem, namely, the schedules of suppliers?
§ Mr. SlaterThis is true to some extent, but there has been a substantial increase in the equipment brought into service. We expect this trend to continue.