§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether letters directed by Members of Parliament to public officials or departments, such as the Irish Land Com missioners, are entitled to go stamp free.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, PoplarMembers of Parliament have no special postal privileges. Generally speaking, any letter on official business, which is directed to a Metropolitan Government Department, such as the Irish Land Commission, or to one of the chief officials of such a Government Department at his official address, may be posted without a stamp.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDinquired if letters addressed to Government Departments in Ireland, with which hon. Members had to communicate very frequently, needed to be stamped.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONreplied that the Metropolitan Departments would cover London, Edinburgh, and Dublin.
§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)Then I have paid a lot of money unnecessarily—money which I could ill afford.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI am afraid I cannot undertake to refund any money paid.
§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (Limerick, W.)Can letters to the Estates Commissioners be sent without stamps?
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONwas understood to reply in the affirmative.