§ MR. JAMES ROWLANDS (Finsbury, E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he received a Petition from the male sorters of the Savings Bank Department in November, 1889; whether his attention was again drawn to the Petition when he received a deputation from the London sorting force in June, 1890, and that he then promised to make inquiries and to give his decision with regard to the Petition; and whether he has had such inquiry made, and can give the sorters his decision upon their Petition.
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES, Cambridge University)The reply to the hon. Member's questions is in the affirmative. My decision was communicated to the sorters in the Savings Bank on the 2nd of August last.