§ 85. Mr. Lathamasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he will now make a further announcement about Her Majesty's Government's position on the proposal to increase connection charges for telephones from £25 to £35 and to increase rental charge by 50p a quarter; and whether he will reject the proposals or make his approval subject to a scheme to protect from the full impact of these increased charges those who would otherwise suffer hardship.
§ Sir J. EdenFollowing the Report of the Post Office Users' Council and after consulting me. the Post Office announced on 4th May the increases foreshadowed in the answer given by my predecessor to 117W my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham, South (Mr. Fowler) on 1st March.
On the last part of this question, I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave to the hon. Member for Romford (Mr. Leonard) on 1st March.—[Vol. 832, c. 409; Vol. 832, c. 105.]