Pointing out that the Post Office would be the biggest capital spender in the Government at the rate of £2 million a day, Kenneth Baker (Cons) urged in the Commons last week that, in order to reduce this burden, it would be sensible, to allow the public and industry to buy their telephones direct from the suppliers rather than through the Post Office.
So starts a story in Electronics Weekly's edition of January 28th 1970.
Mr John Stonehouse, Minister of Posts and Communications, confirmed that the figures of Post office capital expenditure over the next three years would show an increasing rate of investment. But, he said, he did not draw from this the conclusion that the MP did.
"I think the country generally welcomes the fact that a public enterprise with the initiative of the Post office is investing money and developing an excellent communications system for
Mr Stonehouse announced he was authorising the BBC to transmit local radio programmes on medium frequencies as well as on VHF.
Note: Four years after this Commons appearance, John Stonehouse, beset with unravelling dodgy business interests, tried to fake his death by leaving a pile of clothes on a
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