HC Deb 17 July 1919 vol 118 c647W
Mr. HOHLER

asked the Postmaster-General whether there were on the 1st of April last any statutory rules or regulations which enabled a post office to decline to issue War Savings Certificates to a workman's or any club; and, if so, what they are?

Mr. PEASE

Under the Statutory Rules and Orders relating to War Savings Certificates, which are dated the 1st of January, 1919, no corporation, company, society, association, combination or body of persons (other than friendly societies and charitable societies and corporations) may purchase, hold, or have any interest in a certificate without the formal consent of the Postmaster-General, whose discretion to give or withhold such consent is absolute.