§ SIR GEORGE NEWNES (Swansea Town)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a member of the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to investigate the question of wages of Post Office servants, presented himself at the Swansea Post Office and asked to inspect the buildings; that, in view of the fact that 708 in London and elsewhere representative men from the Postal Telegraph Clerks' Association accompanied members of the Select Committee during the inspection of offices as well as departmental officials, the local committee of the Postal Telegraph Clerks' Association asked the postmaster of Swansea for the same facilities, which they were refused; and whether, seeing that they were afterwards reprimanded for making the request, he will inquire into the circumstances and state if the reprimand has been entered on the official records to the detriment of the men.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, Poplarthe matter in question was brought to my attention, and I inquired into it. There is no official record to the prejudice of the officers in question.