HC Deb 13 November 1902 vol 114 cc870-1
MR. TULLY (Leitrim, S.)

I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he can state how many officials from English and Scotch post offices have been appointed as post office officials in Welsh-speaking districts in Wales since 1st January last; and how many English and Scotch officials have been appointed to Irish post offices during the same period.

MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN

Seventeen officers from English and Scotch post offices have been appointed to offices in Welsh-speaking districts in Wales since the 1st of January last and seventeen officers from English and Scotch post offices have, during the same period, been appointed to Irish post offices. I am not able to state the nationality of these officers.

MR. TULLY

Will the right hon. Gentleman insist on them having a knowledge of the Irish language?

MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN

have already said I cannot do that.