§ Mr. Muffasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that parcels and letters are being returned which are addressed to His Majesty's Forces in Egypt; that cheap cablegrams may not be despatched; and can he hold out any hopes of improvement?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonMails for His Majesty's Forces in Egypt are being despatched as opportunity offers, and I am not aware of any reason for the return of letters and parcels for those Forces, if properly addressed. If the hon. Member will furnish me with particulars of any case in which a postal packet has been returned, I shall be glad to have inquiry-made. The Service Departments in co-operation with my Department have recently made arrangements under which a limited number of telegrams of an urgent personal nature may be sent to members of the Forces serving in Egypt at the inland rate of a penny a word by their nominated next-of-kin. Cable and Wireless, Limited, are considering the question of extending to Egypt the special cheap-rate service whereby telegrams may be sent with free addresses to members of the Forces serving in the British Empire or in British mandated territories.