§ Captain Bullockasked the Postmaster-General if the fact that there is no postal service between this country and France is due to the inability of the French postal authorities to organise their part of the service owing to transport conditions in France; and if we are in a position to arrange our part of the service as soon as the French authorities ask us to do so.
§ Captain CrookshankMy hon. and gallant Friend is under a misapprehension, as there is a service for the transmission of letters and postcards in operation and, in reply to a Question, I have already furnished my hon. and gallant Friend with some detailed information on the subject on 23rd January. I am in touch with the French Post Office with a412W view to the extension of the present facilities.
§ Sir H. Morris-Jonesasked the Postmaster-General what is the cause of the delay, sometimes amounting to two months, in the delivery of mail from this country to civilians in France; and whether parcels are now allowed to be sent.
Mr. GrimstonWhen the letter service to France was re-established transport conditions along the route made delay inevitable. With the comparatively recent introduction of the direct London-Paris train and boat service the postal service has much improved, but I understand that transport difficulties in France are still considerable. So far as delay is occurring it is to be attributed to such difficulties and in quite a minor degree to the normal operations of Censorship in France and this country. It is not yet possible to establish a parcel post to France.