§ MR. HENNIKER HEATONI beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been drawn to the anomalies in parcel post charges from Great Britain and Ireland to our Colonial possessions and to foreign countries; whether parcels to Canada of three pounds weight cost 1s. 8d., while to India the same parcel can be sent at a charge of 1s., also by parcel post; whether goods from Germany and other foreign countries can be sent by parcel post to Great Britain and to our Colonies at a considerably lower rate than from the United Kingdom to foreign countries and our Colonial possessions; and whether he will agree to the appointment of a Select Committee 857 of business men in the House of Commons to inquire and report on the question of foreign, inland, and Colonial parcel post charges.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI am aware that the parcel post scales are not free from anomalies, and I have for some time been considering whether and what improvements can be effected. But in many cases the charge is determined by the special circumstances of the country concerned. I do not see that any advantage would be gained by the appointment of a Select Committee.