HC Deb 23 May 1946 vol 423 c102W
35. Sir W. Darling

asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if, in view of the decline in annual premiums received for life insurance through the State from £20,760 in 1914 to £3,522 in 1945, he will discontinue these facilities and so relieve post offices of an unprofitable activity.

Mr. Burke

As indicated in the reply I gave to the hon. Member on 6th May, the Post Office discontinued life insurance business in 1929; but contracts already entered into before that time remain in force.