§ 62 and 63. Mr. McKayasked the Postmaster-General (1) what communications he has had with the Newcastle-on-Tyne 121W Housing Committee concerning the need for a post office on the Longbenton Estate;
(2) in view of the fact that post offices are being established in Newcastle which are not attached to shops, and that a post office near to the house of the hon. Member for Wallsend has been separated from a shop and is now doing only post office business, if he will construct a building on the Longbenton Estate for exclusive use as a post office.
§ Mr. K. ThompsonThe Head Postmaster of Newcastle-on-Tyne has been in frequent communication with officials of the Corporation on this matter over the last four years.
The post offices to which the hon. Member refers are in premises provided by the sub-postmasters. I should not be justified in building a Crown office on the Longbenton Estate; the provision of such an office would not in any event mean that a post office would be provided any sooner.