§ Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLEasked the Postmaster-General whether the work of putting telephone wires underground is to he accelerated under the scheme to add £750,000 to the value of Post Office work to be undertaken in the current year?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHThe scheme referred to relates solely to trunk lines, and the additional cables which are being provided will supplement the existing system of circuits. Overhead trunk lines are not normally recovered until they have reached the end of their useful life.