§ MR. RUNCIMAN (Dewsbury)To ask the Postmaster-General whether any, and, if so, what steps have been taken with regard to the proposed new post office at Dewsbury, and how far the present premises are suitable, and what increased accommodation it is proposed to provide in the near future.
(Answered by Lord Stanley.) A site has been acquired for a new post office at Dewsbury; the plans are practically settled, and though financial exigencies will, it is feared, not permit of the building being begun this year, there is every hope that it will be found possible to begin it next year. The present office is no longer large enough and it cannot be satisfactorily extended.