§ 12. Mr. Ridleyasked the Postmaster-General if he will introduce legislation to require the Post Office to apply to him for special subsidy whenever he requires it to depart from purely commercial operation.
§ Mr. Edward ShortThe Government are still studying the recommendations of the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries. One of them is that an un-remunerative Post Office service might be subsidised by the Exchequer.
§ 13. Mr. Ridleyasked the Postmaster-General if he will undertake that all uneconomic operations undertaken by the Post Office will be presented to Parliament for approval of the necessary expenditure.
§ Mr. Edward ShortNo.