HC Deb 26 October 1966 vol 734 cc169-70W
Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Postmaster-General what is now the average length of time taken by a letter and parcel from London to Dorchester, Dorset.

Mr. Joseph Slater

Nearly all letters posted in London for Dorchester are delivered on the next weekday after posting and most parcels by the second weekday after posting. Recently some parcels have taken a little longer than usual due to staffing difficulties involving British Railways portering staff at Waterloo Station.