§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will list the present postal rates and, in a comparable form, the increases in the rates which would result from the Post Office's present proposals for metrication.
§ Mr. BennBecause the present Imperial scales cannot be sensibly converted at each step to their exact metric equivalents it is difficult to set out meaningful rate-by-rate comparisons without detailed explanation. I am accordingly asking the Chairman of the Post Office to write to my hon. Friend. It is, however, the case that the new scales, which have been discussed with the Post Office Users National Council, are designed to ensure that customers will on average pay no more, and are in fact likely to result for the Post Office in a slight decrease in revenue overall.