§ 14. Dame Joan Vickersasked the Postmaster-General by what authority managers of telephone services make a prospective client agree to the sharing of a telephone; and how long he anticipates it will be before it is possible to stop the sharing of lines.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterSince 1948, under the general authority of the Telephone Regulations, all residential telephone applicants have been required to accept a liability to share. Our aim is to offer exclusive service as soon as local conditions permit, but we cannot forecast when the sharing condition will be removed entirely.