§ 43. Sir W. Teelingasked the Postmaster-General why Knight, Frank and Rutley has been left out of the E-K London Telephone Directory; what compensation he proposes to give this company for the damage caused; when it will be inserted again; how many other companies and private subscribers were left out in each telephone book over the last four years; and if they will receive similar apologies in leading London newspapers.
§ Mr. StonehouseI am sorry about the omission, which as the result of a clerical error. We have apologised to the firm and we have offered to issue press advertisements to minimise the inconvenience. The firm's number is shown in the Greater London Business Directory and in the London Classified Directory and is available from Directory Inquiries. The next edition of the London E-K directory will be issued in January, 1970. Records are not kept of omissions, but all classes of error average less than 0.1 per cent.