§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he will lay upon the Table of the House the Report of the official deputed by him to examine into the truth of a petition, or statement of grievances, sent in to him at the end of last year by certain clerks representing the major establishment of the Postal Service; and whether he will appoint an independent committee, unconnected with the Post Office, to report to him with respect to the matters contained in the petition referred to, and particularly to the offer of the clerks to prove every one of their allegations?
§ MR. A. MORLEYI presume the hon. Member refers to a statement emanating from Liverpool. If I am correct in this assumption, the matter referred to raised serious questions of discipline. I examined it most carefully myself, and and satisfied that the course which I took was the right one. I am responsible for the maintenance of discipline in the Department, and am not prepared to lay the Papers on the Table of the House.