§ 60. Mr. SHAKESPEAREasked the Postmaster-General the reasons for the recent discharges of men in the Norwich district employed by the engineering department of the Post Office in laying telegraph wires and cables?
§ Mr. ATTLEEThe discharges have been necessary because a number of men were surplus to requirements and no further useful employment could be found for them.
§ Mr. SHAKESPEARECannot the Postmaster-General carry out his recent promise to speed up and not to slow down?
§ Mr. ATTLEECertainly.