HC Deb 23 February 1921 vol 138 cc963-4W
Sir B. FALLE

asked the Postmaster-General if a subscriber to the telephone is to be forced to continue his contract with the Post Office till the end of the period of his contract at the new and increased rates, or if he can give up the user of the telephone?

Mr. ILLINGWORTH

Unless specially provided for otherwise, a subscriber whose contract under the old rates is still current cannot be required to pay the new rates until the contract has been determined; and he can then decide whether he will enter into an agreement at the new rates, which—in the case of an existing subscriber—would run from quarter to quarter.