55. Mr. R. H. Jenkinsasked the Assistant Postmaster-General why trades union officers who urgently require a telephone in connection with their union duties are not accorded the same priority as business applicants.
§ Mr. GammansA high priority is given to a telephone for the offices of a full-time trades union official, but for telephones required at their homes, trades union officials are treated in the same way as other residential applicants.
56. Mr. R. H. Jenkinsasked the Assistant Postmaster-General when he expects to provide a telephone, transferred from their previous office, at the Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, office of the National Union of Vehicle Builders.
§ Mr. GammansI much regret that it is not yet possible to provide a telephone at the new address owing to a shortage of lines, but I have every hope that it will be installed in about four months' time.