§ 10. Mrs. Sally Oppenheimasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications how many representations or complaints he has received with regard to Schedule 9, paragraph 3(1) and section 28 of the Post Office Act, 1969.
§ Mr. ChatawayNone, Sir.
§ Mrs. OppenheimBut is my right hon. Friend aware that as a result of the regulations some old-page pensioners who have been telephone subscribers for as long as 20 years are faced with the loss of their telephone if they refuse to accept a party line, which they regard as an incursion of their privacy, and that many of them who are, naturally, bewildered 1431 by the regulations have had their telephones summarily cut off? Will he therefore look at the regulations again as they are applied to old-age pensioners?
§ Mr. ChatawayThese are matters for the Post Office. I am sure that it will take account of what my hon. Friend has said and look most carefully into any case which she cares to put to it.