HC Deb 15 June 1882 vol 270 cc1236-7
MR. E. STANHOPE

asked the Postmaster General, Whether he will lay upon the Table the Correspondence which has passed between him and the Committee of Lloyd's with reference to a proposal to adopt a sixpenny rate for certain telegrams, and an undertaking on the part of the Committee to indemnify the Government against any loss that might accrue from the experiment?

MR. FAWCETT

Sir, it is not usual to lay on the Table such Correspondence as that to which the hon. Member refers, and I regret, therefore, that I am not able to comply with his request. I may, perhaps, add that in declining the proposal to which reference is made I was mainly influenced by the opinion that whenever sixpenny telegrams are introduced, they should not be confined to any particular company or association, but that the public generally should participate in the change.