§ Mr. HARRY LAWSONasked the Postmaster-General whether the grade of 1072W auxiliary postmen has been abolished at the Eastern District Post Office; and, if such changes are necessary, will he say why they have not been delayed until the inquiry by the Select Committee now sitting on Post Office organisation has been completed and the Report made?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI should be only too glad to abolish the grade of auxiliary postmen, not only in the Eastern District of London, but all over the country, if such a course were possible. All that I have been able to do in that direction in connection with a revision of the outdoor force employed at the Eastern District Office is to absorb some of the part-time unestablished duties into full-time appointments for established postmen. It is the recognised policy to employ as many full-time established officers as the incidence of the work will allow, and this policy, which finds favour with the organisations representing the staff, has been explained to the Select Committee.