§ SIR ALBERT ROLLIT (Islington, S.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether,
† See page 1330.1475 in view of the fact that the Tweedmouth Committee stated that split duties weighed very heavily upon the postal staff, and that every effort should be made to abolish them by a readjustment and redistribution of duties, he will state whether he is considering proposals for the constitution of these duties in the Central Telegraph Office, London; and, if so, whether he will refuse to sanction the suggestions.(Answered by Lord Stanley.) The view of the Tweed mouth Committee was that at the chief offices in London split duties might weigh very heavily on the staff and should be abolished as far as possible. Effect has been given to this view, and I have no intention of establishing such duties in the Central Telegraph Office. At the same time the Committee recognised that the conditions were different in the provinces (except at some of the larger towns), and they contemplated the continuance of split duties at offices where the pressure would be less severe.