§ Mr. GRAHAM WHITEasked the Postmaster-General if it is his intention to initiate any developments in the telephones 1169W department to provide employment for the men who have been discharged from the engineering department during the past 12 months?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHI am extending the programme of trunk telephone development; and it is estimated that this will provide employment for about 2,200 men and women, among whom will be some of the men discharged from the Post Office Engineering Department.