§ Mr. S. Marshallasked the Assistant Postmaster-General what steps he is taking to improve the service on the manual-operated telephones in the Metropolitan area.
§ Mr. BurkeAny improvement in the service given by the telephone exchanges referred to by the hon. Member depends on the recruitment of an increased number of operators, and I would refer him to the answer which I gave to the Question asked by the hon. and gallant Member for Kingston-on-Thames (Major Boyd-Carpenter) on 11th October