§ 22. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Postmaster-General whether he has considered the carriage of the mails to Ireland, and especially to the North of Ireland, by aeroplane; and why aeroplanes are not being utilised?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONMails were carried to Northern Ireland in 1924 by a commercial air service which is not now in operation. If a service were established again, I should be prepared to consider the use of it for mails; but it would be necessary to charge a special fee, and it is doubtful whether the acceleration would be sufficient to attract much traffic.
§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYWould not this do away with all the trouble about the Northern Ireland mails being carried through Free State territory?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONIf the hon. Member will look at the Interim Report of the Committee, which was published two years ago, he will find the subject fully discussed there.
§ Colonel DAYCan the right hon. Member say what the special fee would be to Northern Ireland?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThat is purely a hypothetical question.