HC Deb 30 January 1969 vol 776 cc369-70W
Mr. Whitaker

asked the Postmaster-General when he expects push-button telephones will be available to those who prefer them.

Mr. Stonehouse

Limited numbers of push-button telephones are in use in the Langham exchange area, and systems have been developed for large private automatic branch exchanges and some are now in service. Making push-button telephones generally available throughout a telephone system raises a number of technical and economic problems. We are resolving these but I cannot yet forecast when it will be possible to supply these telephones to all who prefer them.