§ 35. Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Postmaster-General whether he will make a further statement on the proposed extra charge for letters not conforming to the Post Office preferred range of sizes.
§ Mr. StonehouseIn view of the good progress made in the use of Post Office preferred sizes, I have decided to continue to rely for the time being upon the co-operation of our customers and of the 643 stationery manufacturers and not to impose an extra charge for the use of non-preferred sizes.
§ Mr. JenkinsI thank my right hon. Friend for that reply. If he looks at this matter again will he consider the possibility of instituting a two-tier system based upon preferred and non-preferred sizes as an alternative to the present two-tier system?
§ Mr. StonehouseThis is an interesting idea but I do not think that we could work it. What we are concerned with is to provide, as far as P.O.P. sizes are concerned, sizes of envelopes which will be usable in the machines that are progressively being produced.