§ MR. SOAMES (Norfolk, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether complaints have been received by the Postmaster General as to the insufficiency of the post office adjoining the Langham Hotel for the requirements of the neighbourhood; whether the Post Office has been for some years looking for more spacious premises for a branch office in that district; and, if so, for how many years; and whether the Post Office has inspected or been in treaty for any premises, and whether he is aware that there is a suitable house either vacant or shortly about to become vacant in Regent Street, on the north side of Oxford Circus.
§ MR. HANBURYThe accommodation afforded in the branch post office at the Langham Hotel is insufficient for the requirements, and for some time past the owners have been trying to obtain powers to enlarge the office, but they have now finally failed. Several houses in the neighbourhood have been offered from time to time, and some have been inspected, but while the enlargement of the Langham Hotel office was pending the Department has not been looking for other premises. Now, however, a house to the north of Oxford Circus is under consideration.