HC Deb 20 February 1991 vol 186 c166W
Mr. Bellingham

To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will now make available the British Telecom star service facilities to Members of Parliament and their secretaries' telephones in the House of Commons throughout the entire British Telecom network.

Mr. MacGregor

British Telecom's star service is available for all single-line customers whose telephone has a multi-frequency signalling capacity with a time break recall and is served by a digital exchange. The lines provided for Members from the Palace of Westminster telecommunications exchange are not compatible with that system, nor is the exchange itself designed to provide such access.