§ Mr. A. T. DAVIESasked the Postmaster-General what underground cables in connection with telephone re-organisation have been laid since 1st January last; what underground cables are now being laid; and what extensions of such underground cables is it hoped to complete by the close of the present year?
§ Mr. HARTSHORNThe subjoined lists give the information asked for by the hon. Member so far as main underground schemes are concerned. In addition, local underground development works are being carried out in practically every town in the country:
Main Underground Cables completed and brought into use since 1st January, 1924.
- London—Bristol.
- Bristol—Newport.
- Manchester—Hanley.
- Glasgow—Kilsyth.
- Swansea—Pontardawe.
- Bradford—Dewsbury.
- ManchesterߞBury.
- Manchester—Stockport.
- Rhyl—Colwyn Bay.
- Walsall—Cannock.
- Luton—Bedford.
- Barnet—St. Albans.
- Nottingham—Newark.
- Slough—Maidenhead.
- Burnley—Todmorden.
- Birmingham—Kidderminster.
- Halifax—Bradford.
- Chatham—Maidstone.
- Luton—Dunstable.
- Birmingham—Worcester.
Main Underground Cables under Construction (June, 1924).
- *London—Southend.
- Worcester—Gloucester.
- Bristol—Gloucester.
- Leeds—Newcastle—Edinburgh.
- Edinburgh—Kirkcaldy—Dundee.
- *Glasgow—Whitecraigs.
- *Leeds—Hull.
- *Liverpool—Manchester.
- *Leeds—Huddersfield.
- Gloucester—Cardiff.
462 - *Sheffield—Chesterfield.
- *Liverpool—Chester.
- *Warrington—Northwich.
- *Glasgow—Stirling—Falkirk.
- *Wakefield—Barnsley—Sheffield.
- *Manchester—Atherton—Leigh.
- *Burnley—Nelson—Colne.
- London—Sutton.
- *Plymouth—Polmarkyn.
- *Stockport—Buxton.
- *Rochdale—Halifax.
- *Tunbridge Wells—Eastbourne—Hastings.
- *Wolverhampton—Shrewsbury.
- Darlington—Stockton—Middlesbrough.
- *Spiersbridge—Barrhead.
- *Broughton—Buckley.
- *Nottingham—Mansfield.
- Inverkeithing—Stirling.
- Manchester—Gatley—Alderley.
- *Durham—Bishop Auckland.
- *Stockton—West Hartlepool.
- *Northwich—Crewe.
- Swansea—Port Talbot.
- *Northampton—Ketting.
- London—Cambridge.
- Welwyn—Stevenage—Hitchin.
- Southampton—Bournemouth—Wareham.
- *Chester—Wrexham.
- *Coventry—Rugby.
- *Saxondale (Nottingham)—Grantham.
- Gloucester—Cheltenham.
- Wigan—Ormskirk.
- Newcastle—Blyth.
- Doncaster—Goole.
- *Pontypridd—Merthyr
- Birmingham—Tamworth.
- *Godstone—East Grinstead.
- *Falkirk—Grangemouth.
- Manchester—Knutsford.
- *Oxted—Westerham.
- Glasgow—Motherwell—Hamilton—Wishaw—Carluke.
- *Newcastle—South Shields.
- *London—Purley.
- *Cables which it is anticipated will be completed this year.
Main Underground Cables which it is anticipated will be commenced and completed this year.
- Uxbridge—Slough.
- Manchester—Oldham.
- Newcastle—North Shields.
- Bath—Bathford.