§ Lord Molloyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will empower British Telecom to provide dentists with "priority users' status" for their telephones.
§ The Minister of State for Defence Procurement (Viscount Trenchard)The provision of telephone services is an operational matter for which British Telecom already has responsibility. I understand that British Telecom take the view that too wide an extension of the priority line service would reduce its effectiveness.
House adjourned at five minutes before nine o'clock.