§ 79. Mr. MACMASTERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in consequence of the reduction of national expenditure, he has taken any steps with a view to restoring penny postage on letters and a halfpenny postcard; and, if not, will he take such stops at the earliest possible date?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second, while my right hon. Friend cannot anticipate his Budget statement, he wishes, me to point out to my hon. and learned Friend that the national expenditure is still in excess of the revenue, and that the present cost of the postal services is very much in excess of the cost before the War.