§ MR. BIGGARasked the Postmaster General, Whether he has given any additional pay to rural letter carriers, in consequence of the introduction of the Parcel Post system; and, if not, whether he intends to do so, and when?
§ MR. FAWCETT,in reply, said: In answering the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Mr. Birkbeck), on the 7th instant, I stated that there had been no general revision of rural postmen's pay since the introduction of the Parcel Post; but that when it is found that there is any special reason for an increase of pay, it is given, the pay being adjusted according to the distance traversed, and the wages prevailing in the locality. If the hon. Member has any case to bring under my notice in which a fair claim for additional pay appears to exist, I shall be happy to make inquiry respecting it.