HC Deb 18 November 1908 vol 196 c1214
MR. KEIR HARDIE

I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he will state how many telegraph messengers of less than sixteen years of age it is proposed to employ on men's duties during the Christmas period in the Post Office; whether it is contrary to the regulations to employ boys of less than sixteen years on men's work; and, if not, whether, in view of the un-desirability of the practice, he will issue an instruction upon the subject.

THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON,) Tower Hamlets, Poplar

Instructions have already been issued that telegraph messengers under sixteen years of age should not be employed upon men's duties during the Christmas pressure if any other arrangement is practicable.