§ Mr. McGOVERNasked the Postmaster-General the number of telephone exchanges in Great Britain; how many 58W have been converted into automatic exchanges; and how many workers were displaced by that change?
§ Mr. ATTLEEThere are 4,754 telephone exchanges in Great Britain, of which 612 are of the automatic type. It is not the practice to discharge regular operators on the introduction of automatic working; the position is met by restricting recruitment some time before the change.