§ Mr. Roebuckasked the Postmaster-General whether he will make a statement about the submarine cable transistors his Department is making for private industry.
§ Mr. StonehouseMy Research Depart has developed two types of transistors that meet the very stringent reliability requirements of submarine cable systems: one type is for systems carrying up to 480 telephone circuits and the other is for 1,100-circuit systems. These transistors are being produced on a small scale and many submarine cable repeaters designed around them by British industry are being brought into service. I do not intend to produce special transistors in commercial quantities and private industry has been encouraged to produce its own types. Industry has full access to the techniques and expertise acquired by my Research Department team.