§ Mr. BOWERMANasked the Postmaster-General whether some offices formerly open till 10 p.m. are being closed at 9 p.m. because of the Hobhouse Committee's restriction of women's hours of duty; whether the public are being inconvenienced in this matter because of the unwillingness of his Department to employ a male staff at these offices; and, if not, whether he will state the reason for this curtailment of postal facilities?
§ Mr. BUXTONThe only cases in which the hours of public business at post offices have been curtailed are those in which the work at the end of the day was found to be so small that it was not sufficient to justify the cost of and inconvenience to the staff required to deal with it, and that little or no inconvenience would be caused by the earlier closing.