§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Minister of Transport if, further to his reply of 17 December 1979 to the hon. Member for Rugby, he will continue his Department's programme of replacing Post Office telephones on the M5 and M6 with telephones provided and maintained by his own Department, until all Post Office motorway telephones are replaced.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeYes. The Department intends to replace all Post Office telephoneson motorways with its own equipment. All telephones on the M5 supplied by the Post Office are scheduled to be replaced by 1982. A date has not been fixed for completion of the replacement telephone work on the M6.