§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)To ask the Postmaster-General whether any remonstrance has been addressed to the contractors by the postal 1791 authorities on the subject of the quality of the stationery, particularly the envelopes, supplied by them to the Post Office; and will he state what steps he proposes to take in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Austen Chamberlain.) Post cards, letter cards, embossed envelopes, etc., are obtained by the Post Office from the Inland Revenue Department, which Department made the contract with the firm supplying them. Whenever complaint is made to the Post Office as to the quality of any of the articles in question the matter is referred to the Inland Revenue Department, whence representations are addressed as may be considered necessary to the contractors. Such representations have recently been made to the contractors in regard to some embossed envelopes and cards supplied by them, and the hon. Member may rest assured that the subject will be kept under observation.