§ Mr. ROWLANDSasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a recent issue of the "Post Office Circular" announced a vacancy in the sub-postmastership of Swanley Junction, Bromley, and indicated that applicants for the position should not be married; whether this prohibition of marriage by a State Department is due to the limitations of the official premises; and whether he will consider the possibility of providing premises that will admit of the removal of this restriction?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe statements contained in the question are correct. Up till now the Post Office premises have been provided, not by the Crown, but by the sub-postmaster, and I was unable to obtain any other suitable premises when I took over the responsibility of providing them. But I only hold them on a short (three years') tenancy, and propose to consider the question of providing others.