Oral Answers to Questions — Telephone Service – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 February 1952.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many applicants are on the waiting list for telephone installations in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and how many have been connected during 1951.
Eight hundred and twenty-eight are on the waiting list and 420 are being provided or are under inquiry. In 1951 there were 2,360 new connections.
Will the hon. Gentleman do his utmost to ensure that a fair supply of materials are made available to Newcastle and district as there is still some feeling there that they do not get their fair proportion?
I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we shall do our best to get more satisfactory conditions in the Newcastle area as soon as possible.
Is my hon. Friend aware that in practically every town and city there is a shortage of telephones, and will he do his utmost to fill up the deficiencies which have arisen after six years of Socialist misrule?
As the House knows, the limiting factor is the shortage of raw materials and also the shortage of manpower.
Is the hon. Gentleman catching himself coming back?