§ Sir W. PERRINGasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that civil servants in Newcastle-on-Tyne are setting up a shopping association and that an appeal is being made to local traders, written upon the letter paper of the inspector of taxes (5th district) for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, asking traders to consider granting a discount to civil servants; and whether it is in accordance with Treasury rules that official letter paper shall be used for the purpose of setting up an organisation of civil servants to enter into competition with the local traders?
§ Mr. McNEILLI am informed that the communication in question was not written upon official paper. The attention of the officer concerned has been directed to the undesirability of issuing a letter of this nature from an official address.