§ MR. FRANCIS STEVENSON (Suffolk, Eye)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether his attention has been called to the suggestions in favour of a revised scale of charges for the conveyance of parcels in rural districts, forwarded to his department by Mr. Wright, of Harleston; and whether he will take into consideration the desirability of introducing a new scale?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. A. MORLEY,) Nottingham, E.The subject was carefully considered when the Parcel Post was first instituted, and the objections against a rate dependent upon distance were found to be insuperable. I am not prepared to propose any alteration of the present system.