HC Deb 27 October 1954 vol 531 c263W
24. Mr. Shepherd

asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether his Department will investigate the possibilities of making the conversations of one subscriber inaudible to the other on a party line.

Mr. Gammans

We have already investigated this and felt compelled to decide against it. It would mean providing new apparatus and modifying existing telephones on a large scale, thus diverting our effort from the supply of new telephones.

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