§ Mr. GLANVILLEasked the Postmaster-General if he will relax the rule with regard to lost registered letters, especially in the case of Mrs. Weeden, of 68, Bermondsey Street, S.E., who had a registered letter posted to her from her husband serving with the Colours in France, which letter never reached her, although it contained a remittance of £51?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELAs the hon. Member has already been informed, the registered letter in question was included in a mail which was lost in course of transit from a field post office to a base post office in France. The loss was due to military exigencies and not to any cause within the control of the Post Office; and I am unable to make any exception to the regulation that no compensation can be paid for loss in such circumstances.