§ SIR ANDREW AGNEW (Edinburgh, S.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been directed to the fact that the period for the annual leave of absence of the supervising body in the postal branches at Edinburgh, which for some years was confined to the 542 six months, April to September, is now to be extended, so as to include March and October; and whether, seeing that on the telegraph side of the same office, with as large a staff of supervisors, no difficulty is found in giving the annual leave within a period of six months, he can see his way to continuing the same privilege to the postal supervising staff.
(Answered by Lord Stanley) I am informed that the inclusion of March and October in the period for the annual leave of the supervising officers in the postal branches at Edinburgh is not an innovation. I will inquire whether the present arrangements can be modified; but I fear that it may be impossible to do so without waste of staff.