§ 37. Sir E. Keelingasked the Assistant Postmaster-General what has been the result of adopting the new system of collecting from the senders postage underpaid on letters sent abroad.
§ Mr. GammansThis experiment has been working for rather less than two months. During this period the Post Office has added postage stamps to several thousand underpaid letters and has received back from the senders over 90 per cent. of the amounts made up in this way.
§ Sir E. KeelingDoes not my hon. Friend agree that the progress made in so short a time is satisfactory, especially considering that a firm which has once been pulled up will see that the clerk or the office boy, or whoever is responsible, does not do it again? And as this new method will remove a good deal of irritation abroad, will he endeavour to extend the possibility of its use by publicity?
§ Mr. GammansThis method has proved very satisfactory, and we could in fact extend it if only firms writing abroad would put their name and address on the outside of the envelope. We are going in for a new publicity campaign which will include a special postmark slogan.