§ Mr. Byersasked the Minister of Labour the number of trained telephone operators in the London area registered as unemployed at the last convenient date.
§ Mr. IsaacsAt 9th December there were 13 men and 201 women unemployed registered at employment exchanges in the Greater London area as applicants for employment as telephone operators.
§ Mr. Byersasked the Assistant Postmaster-General the number of telephone operators required to bring telephone 99W exchanges in the London area up to their full complement at the last convenient date.
§ Mr. BurkeI am glad to say that the total number of telephonists in the London area has now reached the required complement. Owing to the very rapid recruitment during recent months, however, more than one-third of the operating staff have had only a few months' experience.