§ Mr. PATRICK MEEHANasked the Postmaster General, whether the Committee appointed to consider the recommendations contained in paragraph 553 of the Report of the Select Committee on Post Office Servants have yet reported; whether the staffs' representatives would be consulted in any matters directly affecting their members; and whether the report of this Committee would be laid before the House?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe Select Committee on Post Office Servants recommended the increase of the powers of decision and the widening of the general scope of responsibility for the local secretaries in Scotland and Ireland, as well as for surveyors of districts and for the postmasters of the larger offices. The secretaries in Scotland and Ireland and numerous representatives of the other classes were consulted by a Departmental Committee appointed by my predecessor. The devolution of duties which it is proposed to carry out as the outcome of the report of that Committee will he published in due course.