§ Mr. RAMSAYasked the Postmaster-General if he is aware of the conditions which prevail in the Western Isles; and whether he will consider the advisability of establishing a telephone in each doctor's house and schoolhouse, or other convenient centre, in every parish of these isles, in the interests of the medical, surgical, commercial, and social services?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHThe distances between parishes in these islands are often great and the cost of providing telephone services is usually prohibitive, but any case in which there is a reasonable prospect of the revenue not falling too far short of the expenses is sympathetically considered.