HC Deb 22 May 1962 vol 660 c196
7. Mr. Milne

asked the Postmaster-General what progress has been made in regard to a new post office at Blyth.

Miss Pike

My right hon. Friend has nothing to add to the reply of 20th March about a new office in Blyth but plans are being made to enlarge and modernise the main office there.

Mr. Milne

I welcome that reply, but does the hon. Lady realise that this virtually amounts to breach of a promise based on her reply to my Question on 28th March last when she said that she would look into the matter on the spot? We extended an invitation to her to do so, but we are still awaiting her visit. If the jobs which the President of the Board of Trade has promised my constituency and which are in the pipeline at the moment are to materialise, then additional Post Office facilities—

Sir W. Bromley-Davenport

Get on with it.

Mr. Milne

Mr. Speaker, is it in order—

Mr. Speaker

I think that hon. Members are uneasy if supplementary questions are put at length. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will remember that

Mr. Milne

The point I was making when I was rudely interrupted was that if the jobs which the President of the Board of Trade promised my constituency are to materialise, then the Post Office facilities to back those jobs up will have to be much better than they are now.

Miss Pike

I assure the hon. Gentleman that there is no question of breach of promise as far as he and I are concerned. I intend to come to his constituency.