§ MR. T. LOUGH (Islington, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether he has arranged with the Postmaster General to sanction the sale of Ordnance maps at post offices throughout the country, in accordance with the promise made to the House at the end of last Session in Committee of Supply?
§ MR. WALTER LONGThe promise made on behalf of the Government was that the suggestion of the hon. Member should be fully considered when the arrangements for the sale of the Ordnance Survey maps were reviewed prior to the expiration of the existing contract. I may now say that a Departmental Committee, of which my hon. Friend the Member for Fulham is the Chairman, was appointed in October last to report upon those arrangements, and the Committee is, I understand, in communication with the Post Office with a view to ascertain to what extent, if any, it would be feasible to utilise the machinery of that Department for the purpose in question.