§ 29. Mr. Pardoeasked the Postmaster-General (1) what is the total cost to his Department of all telephones purchased from Associated Electrical Industries, General Electric, Standard Telephones, Automatic Telephone and Electric, Ericssons, Plessey, Phoenix and the Telephone Manufacturing Company; and what would have been the cost of these telephones if they had been purchased from other manufacturers;
(2) what is the average cost per telephone purchased from Associated Electrical Industries, General Electric, Standard Telephones, Automatic Telephone and Electric, Ericssons, Plessey, Phoenix, and Telephone Manufacturing Company; and the average cost per telephone purchased from other manufacturers.
§ Mr. Edward ShortIn 1965–66 orders to the value of £9.6 million were placed. It is quite impossible to say whether the same orders could have been placed elsewhere and, if so, what they would have cost. It is not the practice to disclose prices.