§ 50. Mr. Youngerasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the inconvenience and loss caused to H.R. Products Limited, of Westward Ho, Grimsby, owing to errors in the Lincoln area telephone directory over the past three years; what steps he is taking to minimise the loss being caused by the error in the current volume; and when he proposes to rectify it.
§ Mr. AlportMy right hon. Friend regrets there should have been this trouble. The firm's name could not be included in the 1954 Lincoln Area directory because the application was received too late. It was included in the 1954 Grimsby local directory, but owing to a misunderstanding was shown as Products H. R. Ltd. This was corrected in the 1955 local directory. In the30W Lincoln area directory for 1956 the number of another firm was shown as being the same as that of H.R. Products. To reduce the inconvenience caused by this, the telephone manager arranged to divert calls intended for the other firm, but at the request of H.R. Products this has been discontinued. The mistake will be put right in the Lincoln directory to be published in March, 1957.