§ MR. CHARLES SHAW (Stafford)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether post office employés are permitted to stand for, and, if elected to serve on town councils; and, whether post office employés are debarred by any existing rule of the service from criticising municipal action through the medium of the public Press?
§ MR. HANBURYPost Office servants are at liberty to become members of town councils provided their official duties are not interfered with thereby. There is no rule debarring post office servants from criticising municipal action 141 in the Press. But, having regard to their relations with the public, it is of course desirable that they should abstain from taking a controversial part in local politics.