Mr. COOPERasked the Postmaster-General if it is his intention when he takes over the National Telephone Company to maintain the borough of Walsall as a telephone district, or whether he contemplates making it a sub-district under Birmingham?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe Walsall Exchange area, which includes the borough, is not a separate district under the National Telephone Company's organisation, but a part of the North Midland District. The question whether any change should be made in this arrangement is not yet ripe for decision.
Mr. COOPERasked the Postmaster-General if he can give the average number of telephone trunk calls per week between Walsall and London; and what is the highest number recorded in any one day?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe ordinary returns of telephone trunk calls at Walsall do not show the number of London calls separately, and the information asked for is therefore not available. I will, however, obtain a special return of the telephone calls between Walsall and London day by day for a week and will send it to the hon. Member.