HC Deb 05 November 1934 vol 293 cc635-6
42. Mrs. COPELAND

asked the Postmaster-General whether, bearing in mind the great success which the recent cheaper rate for telephone messages has achieved, he will reconsider the advisability of returning to the penny postage?

Sir K. WOOD

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for Deritend Division (Mr. Crooke) on Thursday last.

Mrs. COPELAND

As it is easy to get a penny stamp out of the Post Office stamp machines, will the right hon. Gentleman consider making it equally easy to get a three-halfpenny stamp out?

Sir K. WOOD

Yes, but I am afraid my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer might have something to say as well.

Mr. LYONS

May I ask my right hon. Friend whether, to save time, he will consider making a reduction in the cost of telegrams?

Mr. D. GRENFELL

Will the right hon. Gentleman consider a reasonable reduction in trunk calls during the daytime?

Sir K. WOOD

This question has to deal with penny postage.