HC Deb 12 March 1929 vol 226 cc995-6W
Mr. PILCHER

asked the Postmaster-General whether he can hold out any hope of the establishment of the new experimental automatic telephone exchanges in some of the villages of South-Western England?

Viscount WOLMER

Arrangements have already been made for rural automatic exchanges to be provided in a number of villages in South-Western England, and I hope to be able to establish others in due course.

persons classified as belonging to the other industries named, who were recorded as unemployed in Great Britain in 1924 and 1928, respectively, and also the total numbers of insured persons in the industries in July, 1924, and July, 1928. The figures for 1924 relate to persons aged 16 and over while those for 1928 relate to persons aged 16 to 64 inclusive.