§ Mr. Speirasked the Postmaster-General when better arrangements will be made for dealing with 999 emergency calls made by subscribers in the north Tyne area of Northumberland so as to ensure that such calls can be differentiated from ordinary calls to the exchange and can be dealt with without delay.
§ Mr. BevinsI am sorry that for technical reasons it is not at present possible to provide the normal 999 service at a number of exchanges in this area. I am, however, looking into the possibility of improving the present arrangements for handling emergency calls, and I will write to my hon. Friend as soon as I can.