§ MR. O'SULLIVANasked the Postmaster General, Whether he intends adding to the present monthly payments made to mail cart contractors and other carriers, or otherwise compensating them, for the additional labour which will be entailed on them by the new parcel post arrangement, as well as interfering directly with them in their business as carriers of parcels?
§ MR. FAWCETTSir, in reply to the hon. Member, I have to state that the sum which is paid for mail cart services is arrived at either by agreement or by public competition. When a parcel post is introduced the terms of existing contracts may, in many instances, have to be revised. With regard to the latter part of the hon. Member's Question, I may repeat what was stated the other day—that as the Post Office, in establishing a parcel post, would not ask for any monopoly, or for any new exclusive powers, it has been concluded that no claim for compensation can arise.