HC Deb 17 December 1973 vol 866 cc229-30W
11. Mr. J. H. Osborn

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he will give a general direction to the Post Office to discontinue the use of postal codes because they cannot be incorporated in telephone directories.

Sir J. Eden

No. Whether or not postcodes appear in telephone directories, they are essential to the economic operation of automatic sorting machines.