HC Deb 29 November 1926 vol 200 c826
70. Mr. MacKENZIE LIVINGSTONE

asked the Postmaster-General whether he can now make a further statement regarding the early restoration of the regular mail service to the Western Isles?

The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Viscount Wolmer)

The Postmaster-General is in communication with the contractors, and I hope that the normal service will be restored at a very early date.

71. Mr. LIVINGSTONE

also asked the Postmaster-General whether the Hebridean mail service contractors will receive payment of the full subsidy despite the present restriction of the service?

Viscount WOLMER

In view of the position in which the contractors were placed as a result of the coal shortage, it was considered reasonable to acquiesce in a temporary restriction of the services without a reduction in the normal payment. I should add that in spite of the increased cost of coal, the services were maintained in full until the 8th of this month.