§ Mr. HARRY HOPEasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that great dissatisfaction exists in Stirlingshire owing to the restricted and inadequate telephone service in that county; and whether he will take steps to develop telephone connections where it is urgently appealed for?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHI am aware that several years ago the question of providing a telephone exchange at Buchlyvie was considered and that sufficient support could not be found. At the present moment the Post Office engineers have a heavy programme of urgent works in hand, and extensions involving any considerable amount of labour cannot be undertaken; but the needs of Stirlingshire in this respect will be fully considered when conditions become favourable.