HC Deb 09 June 1890 vol 345 cc324-5
MR. CUNINGHAME GRAHAM (Lanark, N.W.)

I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that while notices of religious and other meetings are allowed to be shown on the Notice Boards in the Post Offices, the notices of the Postmen's Trade Union have been removed by the officials; and whether he will undertake that in future the announcements of the Postmen's Union shall have the same advantages as other notices of an un-official character?

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES,) University of Cambridge

So long as the Association to which the hon. Member refers conducts its operations in defiance of regulation, I shall certainly not allow its notices to appear on the Official Notice Boards. Where such notices have been put up without authority, they have been removed with my approval.

MR. C. GRAHAM

That is no answer to my question. I must press for an answer to the first part of the question.

MR. RAIKES

Will the hon. Member kindly repeat it?

MR. C. GRAHAM

read the first paragraph of the question.

MR. RAIKES

My answer is, yes.

MR. C. GRAHAM

I am sorry, but I fail to see any answer in the reply of the right hon. Gentleman.

MR. RAIKES

I shall be glad to repeat my answer if the hon. Gentleman did not catch it. What I said was that as long as the Association to which the hon. Member refers conducts its operations in defiance of the Regulations, its notices will not be allowed to appear on the Official Notice Boards. Where such notices have been put up without authority, they have been removed with my approval.