asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many potential subscribers to the Westcotes telephone exchange, Leicestershire, have been waiting to be connected for more than three years, more than four years and more than five years; and when he anticipates that the necessary cables will be laid.

Forty-eight applicacations have been waiting for three years, 23 for four years and 44 for five years. We hope to clear all of them next year when new cables have been laid.