Oftel, British Telecom, And Providers Of Telephone Message Services

EDM number 156 in 1989-90, proposed by Terry Lewis on 05/12/1989.

That this House deplores the existence of those telephone message services which have caused incalculable misery to many families; notes that extraordinary efforts are currently being made by a triumvirate of the DEOFTEL network providers, including British Telecom and system providers to preserve what they can of these anti-social services; and calls upon the Government, yet again, to excercise parliamentary control of this sordid element of the telecommunications industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.