§ 8. Mr. Harry Wallaceasked the Postmaster-General what was the date when the Postmaster-General's Report was last laid before Parliament.
§ 11. Mr. James Johnsonasked the Postmaster-General if he will consider presenting an annual report to both Houses of Parliament, as was his past custom.
§ Mr. Ness EdwardsThe Postmaster-General's Annual Report was laid before Parliament in 1916. Much of the statistical information formerly given in the Report is now incorporated in the Post Office Commercial Accounts and a start was made last year with the publication of a Year Book, describing the work of the Post Office in 1950.
§ Mr. WallaceWill my right hon. Friend give consideration to the suggestion that the report of the Postmaster-General should be combined with the commercial accounts, and the report and accounts laid before both Houses of Parliament in an intelligible form?
§ Mr. Ness EdwardsI should have thought that any hon. Member who had read the Year Book would have regarded that as a very popular account of what the Post Office are doing. As for the commercial accounts, they are in the form decided by Parliament.
§ Mr. WallaceIs my right hon. Friend aware that I am not discussing the popular review which is offered to the public at a very high price, thus making it quite unpopular? I am referring to the annual report of the Postmaster-General, which used to be laid before the House.