§ MR. TULLYI beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he can state what is the nature of the rule in Wales requiring Post Office officials to have a knowledge of the Welsh language; and what is the proportion of English to Welsh speaking people in any postal district where the officials are not required to know the two languages.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINThere is no rule on this subject; but in appointing postmasters to places in Wales where the district surveyor reports that the knowledge of Welsh is necessary it is the practice to select only a candidate who possesses it. I am not able to state the proportion of English to Welsh speaking people in any postal district.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINI see no reason for that.