§ MR. J. M. ROBERTSON (Northumberland, Tyneside)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether in Egypt there is actually established a postage rate of 1d. (four millièmes) for postcards for Great Britain, while the letter rate remains at 1¼d (five millièmes); and whether, in view of the increase in last year's postal revenue in Egypt, to which his attention has been called, he will now recommend the establishment of letter postage from Egypt to Great Britain at the rate of four millièmes per unit of weight.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI will make further inquiries, but the matter is not one in which His Majesty's Government are called upon to interfere with the discretion of the Egyptian Government.
§ MR. HAROLD COXMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman if, before taking any action in the matter, he will inquire if the service is conducted at a profit?
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI did not say I was going to take action.