§ Mr. Gregoryasked the Postmaster-General what steps are being taken to ensure that telephone numbers on the Stockport Exchange are consecutive with those already in existence with individual business subscribers, when additional lines and apparatus are installed to meet the increased volume of incoming calls, so as to eliminate the inconvenience currently experienced by commercial and industrial firms in the town.
§ Mr. BennIn Stockport as elsewhere, when a business first rents a group of lines, consecutive spare numbers are normally reserved so that more lines may be added without changing the telephone number. I am writing to my hon. Friend about the particular case he has in mind.