§ Mr. ELLISasked the Postmaster-General whether he can give a list of the places in England and Wales where there is no Sunday delivery of letters, with an appropriate estimate of the population of such places; whether facilities are afforded on Sunday for obtaining letters by calling at the post offices during certain hours; and generally what is their nature?
§ Mr. BUXTONThe information for which my hon. Friend asks could not be obtained without considerable labour and some expense. As a general rule a delivery to callers on Sundays, between about 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., is afforded at those provincial post offices from which there is a house to house delivery on week days, 991W but not on Sunday. I am always prepared o consider favourably any proposals from local authorities for the reduction of Sunday labour in the post office.