MR. SOAEES (Devonshire, Barnstaple)To ask the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the fact that in 1899 the Department made certain arrangements in the telegraph service with reference to annual leave, and made a promise to the staff that, provided the scheme was accepted, the staff should be sent away in equal numbers throughout the eight months of the year, he will
† See page 648.934 explain why this pledge has been departed from at Exeter for 1905, the three best holiday months having the number on leave lessened.(Answered by Lord Stanley.) The hon. Member is under a misapprehension. No promise was given that the staff should be sent away in equal numbers in each of the eight months over which the leave season extends.