§ Mr. Granvilleasked the Postmaster-General what steps he is taking to develop a helicopter mail service to Suffolk and Norfolk, in order to expedite the delivery of letters to the more remote areas of East Anglia which is, at the present time, unsatisfactory and involves inexplicable and considerable delays.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingThe Post Office has for some time been co-operating in experiments which British European Airways have been making with helicopters. For the present I cannot make any statement about the permanent use of this form of transport for mail conveyance. I am not aware that the existing postal service to the more remote areas of East Anglia is unsatisfactory, but if the hon. Member will let me have details of any delays experienced, I shall be pleased to investigate them.