§ MR. A. ALLEN (Christchurch)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, in Paragraph 286 of its Report, the Hobhouse Committee recommended that sorting clerks and telegraphists in Classes 1 and 2 should be divided between postal and telegraphic duties, and that Bournemouth is now in Class 2; and whether, in view of this specific recommendation not previously objected to by the Department, he will state the reason for withholding the application of the scheme to Bournemouth.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) I am aware of the recommendation in question. In answering the hon. Member's Question on 20th July I explained why the recommendation cannot properly be carried out in the case of all offices in Class 2.