§ Mr. Rossasked the Postmaster-General how many of the newly defined local areas are not fully equipped with automatic dialling telephones.
§ Mr. MarplesThere are 1,200 manual exchanges distributed throughout the country and each of the newly defined local call areas includes one or more of 19W them. None can therefore be said to be fully equipped with automatic dialling telephones. In the country as a whole 80 per cent. of the exchanges are automatic.