§ MR. STUART SAMUEL (Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether, in view of the fact that parcels can be sent by parcels post to Bremen and from there by the German post to America at a less cost than direct from England, he will consider the desirability of making arrangements to place British merchants on an equal footing with Germans in this respect.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)It has long been the desire of the British Post Office to conclude a parcels post agreement with the United States, but we were unable to secure their assent to any such proposal. We there-fore made arrangements last year with an Express Company for the establishment of a parcels post between the two countries. The United States recently expressed a desire to reopen negotiations on the subject, and His Majesty's Government are now in communication with them upon the subject.
§ MR. ALFRED DAVIESHas the Postmaster-General's attention been called to the delays in the deliveries by the Express Company in New York?
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, order!