§ Lieut.-Colonel HOWARD-BURYasked the Postmaster-General what procedure, after 1st April, will be necessary in sending parcels of a non-dutiable nature, such as butter or eggs, between this country and Southern Ireland whether the rates for parcels are going to be increased; whether every parcel, on arriving in this country, will be opened and examined by Customs officials, as is the case in France; and what the delay is likely to be?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe new procedure will be introduced on the 31st316W of March. On and from that date parcels for the Irish Free State must be accompanied by Customs declaration of the kind generally in use for parcels posted to the other Dominions and Colonies. This will apply whether the parcels contain dutiable articles or not. The alteration does not involve a change in parcel post rates. All parcels arriving from the Irish Free State will be subject to Customs examination, but it is not anticipated that there will be any serious delay.