§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he will explain why the Manchester postmen have not yet been paid for overtime worked in excess of eight hours on the last Bank Holiday, 26th December, and excess time worked on 27th December, due to Christmas pressure, 590 and why the Manchester sub-office postmen at Wallington, Wilmslow, Flixton, Pendlebury, and other sub-offices, have not yet been paid for overtime worked during the pressure of Christmas, and will he say when payment will be made?
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)Instructions have already been given for the Manchester Town Postmen to be paid for extra duty performed on 26th and 27th of December, and payment will be made this week. The sub-office Postmen will be paid as soon as the check upon their claims for extra duty has been completed, and the bulk of the claims will probably be paid either this or next week. The checking of a large number of claims of this kind involves numerous inquiries, which necessarily occupy considerable time. No complaint has reached the Postmaster General on the subject from the staff concerned.