HC Deb 20 April 1882 vol 268 c987
MR. LALOR

asked the Postmaster General, If it is by his orders that the comic paper "Pat," published in Dublin, is not allowed to pass through the Post Office, particularly when directed by Members of this House to their friends?

MR. FAWCETT

I have made inquiry with reference to the Question of the hon. Member, and I find that nothing is known of any copies of Pat having been arrested in their passage through the post, either in this country or in Ireland. Certainly, I have given no instructions upon the subject.

MR. LALOR

said, that if the right hon. Gentleman would apply to him privately, he would inform him of cases in which the paper in question had been arrested at the Post Office.

MR. FAWCETT

If the hon. Gentleman will call upon me, I will gladly inquire into any case, details of which may be communicated to me.