PRIVATE TELEPHONE LINES, MANCHESTER- LONDON.

HC Deb 07 December 1931 vol 260 c1529W

Sir J. HASLAM

asked the Postmaster-General the number of private telephone lines between Manchester and London and the annual rental charged for them?

Sir K. WOOD

Eighteen private telephone lines are rented between Manchester and London. The tariff charge for such a line is now £1,320 a year, having been reduced in October last from about £1,500.