§ 62. Mr. James Hallasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider making arrangements to permit British troops to send letters marked "On active service, soldier's letter," at the old postage rate of I½d.?
§ Captain CrookshankI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend gave to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Coventry (Captain Strickland) on 18th June last.
§ Mr. TurtonWould it not be possible to have some system like the green envelope system, allowing each man one letter a week either free or at a charge of I½d.?
§ Captain CrookshankPerhaps the hon. Gentleman will look at the answer to which I have referred him.
§ Mr. J. HallIf the right hon. and gallant Gentleman said that a cheap postal rate for soldiers is an impossibility, will he agree to the issue of field cards to help these men out?
§ Captain CrookshankThat is not the question I was asked. The question was asking that letters should be sent for I½d. and was not asking for field cards.
§ Mr. SorensenAre there any means of assisting soldiers in this matter of postage?