§ SIR ALFRED HICKMAN (Wolverhampton, W.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he will extend the privilege of halfpenny postage at present applicable to orders for, and invoices of, goods, to requests for quotations sent in open envelopes on printed forms with only the necessary details written.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) I am sorry that I do not see my way to admitting to the privilege of the halfpenny post the documents to which the hon. Member refers. The question of extending the halfpenny post to include quotation forms and similar documents was very carefully considered before the recent revision of the regulations was sanctioned, and I am not prepared now to reconsider the decision against their inclusion.