§ MR. STEADMAN (Tower Hamlets, Stepney)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if the privilege of free medical attendance has been withdrawn from the staff employed at the Moseley Sorting Office, Birmingham, although it has been enjoyed for fifteen years; and, if so, what are the reasons for such withdrawal.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HANBURY, Preston)The privilege of free medical attendance is not authorised for the staff at sub-offices such as Moseley, and it was allowed to the men at that place through inadvertence. When this became known the postmaster rightly withdrew it.