§ Mr. Hirstasked the Postmaster-General to which countries the transferred charge telephone service is now available; and, having regard to the value of this facility to the business community and to those who holiday abroad, what prospects there are of still further extension of this service.
§ Mr. K. ThompsonThe transferred charge service is now available or is about to be introduced in the telephone service with 14 countries in Europe and North Africa and 21 countries outside Europe including Canada, United States and South Africa. The following countries are concerned:
Europe and North Africa Outside Europe Algeria British Guiana Austria Canada Belgium Hongkong Denmark Iran Faroe Islands Malaya Finland Malta France Singapore Hungary South Africa Luxembourg Rhodesia Netherlands U.S.A. Norway Ascension To be introduced shortly. Sweden Bahrein Switzerland Barbados (Shortly) Federal Republic of Germany Doha Fiji Islands Israel Jamaica Leeward Islands Muscat St. Helena Windward Islands I am glad that the new facility has been so warmly welcomed; it is my intention to extend it in collaboration with the overseas administrations concerned wherever mutually satisfactory arrangements can be worked out.