Mr. Vaneasked the Postmaster-General whether he will publish a six-monthly supplement to the various volumes of the London Telephone Directory in order to avoid the present delay of up to 15 months between the time when a new subscriber is connected and when his name appears in the full directory.
§ Mr. Ness EdwardsThe interval between successive issues of each volume of the London Telephone Directory cannot be reduced at present owing to the limited availability of labour and materials for this specialised work. The same limitation prevents the adoption of the hon. Member's proposal. When the printing position eases, the object he has 195W in mind would probably be better achieved by a more frequent issue of the complete volumes.