Sir LEICESTER HARMSWORTHasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the grave dissatisfaction that exists throughout the Highland counties; of Scotland with the inadequacy and haphazard character of the postal facilities in these regions; whether he is aware to-what extent these districts are being deprived of their pre-war postal conveniences; and what steps, generally, he proposes to take to place the whole matter of Highland postal service on a practical and efficient basis?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHI am aware that many parts of Caithness and Sutherland (the counties which I presume the hon. Member has chiefly in mind) present especial difficulty from a postal point of view, and that in some cases curtailments of postal facilities have taken place as a result of conditions produced by the War. General directions have been given recently to review cases of this kind.