HC Deb 06 May 1907 vol 173 cc1302-3
MR. J. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)

To ask the Postmaster-General whether he will consider the desirability of facilitating the issue of Christmas supplements by weekly newspapers, by the establishment of a special registration fee or otherwise, having regard to the fact that the illustrated and other papers of much greater bulk and weight are conveyed by post without extra cost.

(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) Christmas supplements to registered newspapers are transmissible by the halfpenny newspaper post if they conform to the provisions of the Post Office Act of 1870. The newspaper post is carried on at a considerable loss, and I do not see my way to introducing fresh legislation enlarging its scope.