§ Sir R. Blairasked the Secretary of State for War (1) whether he is aware of the delay in delivery of business letters to and from France, at present six or seven days, which is having a damaging effect on trade; and will he take steps to expedite the necessary censorship of letters;
1961W(2) when the censor does not approve of phrases and expressions of opinion in letters to France, the offending phrases are erased; and whether the recipient receives information that parts of the letter have been objected to, or are the letters destroyed?
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaThere is no censorship of letters to and from France. The delay in the delivery of letters to and from France is not caused in the United Kingdom.