§ Commander Courtneyasked the Postmaster-General if he will place in the Library of the House of Commons for 162W the convenience of hon. Members the contractual objections which prevent the adoption or approval by the Post Office of private automatic branch exchanges designed by organisations other than the major telephone exchange equipment manufacturers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BennThere are no contractual objections and I am sorry that the hon. Member was informed otherwise. But private automatic branch exchanges in the size range in which I understand the hon. and gallant Member is interested are normally rented by us to our customers and are manufactured to our specifications.