§ MR. WAITasked the Postmaster General, "Whether he proposes to introduce a Bill having for its object the extension of the powers and usefulness of Post Office Savings Banks?
LORD JOHN MANNEES,in reply, said, he was afraid he could not give the hon. Gentleman a more definite answer than had been given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to a Question put by the hon. Member for Hackney, on the previous evening—that the matter was under the anxious consideration of the Government.