asked the Postmaster-General whether be can now say when the telephone exchange, promised nearly a year ago, for Staveley, Yorkshire, will be ready for use?

The promise to open an exchange at Staveley, provided that a certain amount of support is forthcoming, was made last January. I am ascertaining if this condition has now been met, and, if it has, the work will be put in hand at once.

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Post Office promised the exchange if a certain sum were guaranteed, and that that sum was guaranteed, and that there was a promise that it would be put up within six months?

I state in my answer, "I am ascertaining if this condition has been met, and, if it has, the work will be put in hand at once."