asked the Postmaster-General if the City of Leeds is included in the radius for cheap trunk calls from Keighley under the new proposals announced in Parliament last month.

No, Sir.

Can the right hon. Gentleman state why towns and villages much further away from Keighley than the City of Leeds are to be granted this cheap rate for trunk calls? Why is Leeds left out—because of its large population?

Whatever the size of the local call area, which has recently been greatly increased, and whichever way it is drawn, there is bound to be some part just outside, and as the average area has increased from 80 square miles to 900 square miles, I think that on the whole it was a very beneficial move.