§ Mr. WASONasked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that while the prewar postal daily delivery has been resumed in the towns of Kirkwall and Stromness, that to other parts of the mainland of Orkney equal treatment has not been extended, and that the three days Per week system is still in force; that a letter or newspaper posted in Kirkwall on a Tuesday is not delivered in another part of the mainland of Orkney until Friday; that an Edinburgh Wednesday's newspaper, instead of being delivered on the following day, as it was before the War, is not delivered now until Monday of the next week; and whether, in view of the intended policy of the Government with regard to outlying districts in respect of improved transport communication, he will cause the immediate resumption of the pre-war daily delivery of postal matter in Orkney?
§ Mr. ILL1NGWORTHThe question of increasing the frequency of delivery in the rural districts of Orkney is being examined, and I will write to the hon. Member on the subject when I am in a position to do so.