§ Sir J. D. REESasked the Postmaster-General whether, if the proposed changes in regard to telephone charges are sanctioned, they will be accompanied by a revision of areas, to the end that subscribers just without the 10-mile London radius may not have to pay higher rates on trunk calls while their requirements relate almost exclusively to such calls?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe revision of telephone areas would involve too many changes in the agreements with subscribers and too much work for the staff to be undertaken at the present time. But I hope at the end of the War to be in a position to remove anomalies in respect of areas.