HC Deb 31 October 1956 vol 558 c167W
99 and 100. Brigadier Clarke

asked the Minister of Defence (1) whether he will allow one Christmas parcel, up to three 1bs., to be sent free of postage to all Service personnel on Christmas Island ;

(2) if he will allow one Christmas parcel, up to three 1bs., to be sent free of postage to all Service personnel outside the United Kingdom.

Mr. Head

As announced on 11th October, the concession by which next-of-kin may send a Christmas parcel up to 3 1b. in weight by air post free to Service men in Korea and Japan will be repeated this year. The Government have carefully considered extending this concession to other Service men overseas, but have decided that in present circumstances it cannot increase in this way the already substantial cost of postal concessions.