HC Deb 29 November 1967 vol 755 cc140-1W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Postmaster-General what are his reasons for not ensuring that the Welsh language is used on and in the telephone directories which relate to Wales.

Mr. Edward Short

Directories are used outside as well as within the areas to which they relate and also by travellers and tourists. I think it desirable, therefore, that directories should be broadly on the same lines everywhere. I am also concerned about the costs which now amount to about £2½ million a year for the country as a whole.