SIR CHARLES SCHWANX (Manchester, N.)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he will grant this year i for Christmas pressure £1 as a minimum payment to town sub-post offices, and £2 as a minimum to rural sub-offices, which deliver letters, in place of the present scale, which leaves great numbers of offices without any remuneration for this extra work.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The question of the remuneration of sub-postmasters is to be considered by the Select Committee on Post Office servants. Pending their Report I do not think it would be advisable to make any alteration in the payments already authorised. I should, however, explain that in fixing the payments to sub-postmasters the 88 the extra pressure at Christmas is taken into account.