Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Telephone Service – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 18th December 1957.
Mr Ernest Marples
, Wallasey
12:00 am,
18th December 1957
The figures are 13,567 and 1,651 respectively. Not all of these are attributed to the increased charges since over a similar period prior to the announcement on 18th July the corresponding figures were 5,740 and 1,640. Since that date over 12,000 new telephones have been installed in Scotland.
