§ 76. Mr. Shortasked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he will make arrangements to enable people with Post Office Savings Bank accounts to pay Income Tax and telephone accounts of over £3 from their accounts without having to apply to the Central Post Office for authority.
§ Mr. GammansMy noble Friend regrets that he is unable to introduce such arrangements, which would certainly entail an increase in staff, particularly as such a concession would undoubtedly be followed by demands for the payment of other accounts by the Savings Department. In any event, it would mean the Savings Bank doing something for which it was never intended.