§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a money order for 5s. obtained in a Paris post office and payable in London costs less than 1d. (10 centimes) for commission, whereas a Post Office money order from London to Paris for the same amount is charged 6d. commission; and whether he can see his way to make a reduction in this charge.
LORD STANLEYThe hon. Member is under a misapprehension as to the commission charged in this country for the issue of a money order for 5s. payable in Paris. It would be 4d. only, as in the case of any money order for a sum not over £1 payable abroad. The rates of commission for such orders were reduced last year after exhaustive consideration; and I am not prepared to make further reductions.