§ 23. Mr. Brookeasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that at existing rates of postage it is cheaper to send a parcel under two pounds weight to Eire than to an address anywhere in Great Britain or Northern Ireland; and whether he will alter this?
§ Captain CrookshankYes, Sir; this has been the case since 1940, when it was decided to retain the existing rates for parcels to Eire although war-time increases were being made in the rates for inland parcels. It is advantageous that the parcel post rates from the United Kingdom to Eire should be (as they now are) the same as those in the reverse direction and within Eire, and I do not as at present advised propose to alter the existing rates.