§ MR. COBBI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he is aware that in neighbourhoods where the post offices are closed at or about 8 o'clock in the evening many licensed victuallers are in the habit of obliging their customers by 436 selling them postage stamps; and whether the licensed victuallers are liable to a penalty for selling postage stamps to their customers after the post offices are closed, or, in cases where there is no post offices in the immediate neighbourhood, at any time during the day?
§ MR. JACKSONMy right hon. Friend the Postmaster General has asked me to answer this question. He is not aware of the practice to which the hon. Member refers. No one is entitled to sell stamps without first taking out a licence.