§ 3. Sir EDWIN STOCKTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that letters from the Ruhr district in Germany now take sometimes as much as a week or nine days to reach this country; if he will explain the reason for such delay; and whether the Foreign Office can take any action to expedite transit upon which business largely depends?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Ronald McNeill)I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. and gallant Member for Central Hull (Lieut. -Commander Kenworthy) on the 19th instant.