§ Mr. Cooperasked the Postmaster-General what is the cause of the delay in postal services between this country and British Honduras, which, up till recently, took four days, and are now taking anything up to eight days; and what steps it is proposed to take to improve the postal services to the West Indies.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingDuring recent months the average transmission time of air mails from the United Kingdom to British Honduras has been four and a half days, but I regret that, on occasions, it has been up to eight days owing to aircraft delays en route. It is hoped that the revised air services just introduced by the British Air Corporations, which are being used to the fullest possible extent for mails, will result in an improvement 43W in the air mail service to British Honduras and to parts of the West Indies.