§ 44. Sir C. Osborneasked the Postmaster-General how the £2,000 million capital expenditure of his Department in the next five years will be spent, stating on what projects, how much on each, in which years, and in what parts of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterSome 90 per cent. will be spent in modernising and expanding the telecommunications services, the remainder mainly on postal buildings and mechanisation schemes. The programme comprises thousands of individual projects.