asked the Postmaster-General how many requests for telephone installations are unsatisfied in the area served by the Skegness, Wainfleet, Horncastle and Spilsby exchanges; and what steps he is taking to see that this productive agricultural district is not adversely affected by lack of telephone communications.

Two hundred and thirty-one, 37, 25 and 47. Substantial additions to the local cables and exchange equipment will be brought into service this year and next.