§ Sir John Biggs-Davisonasked the Lord Privy Seal why a date has been fixed after which prepaid envelopes for Her Majesty's Service are to be withdrawn instead of their being allowed to be used and replaced by the new stationery.
§ Mr. BiffenA specified date for withdrawal of old style official paid stationery has been asked for by the Post Office for its own accounting and operational reasons. All other Government departmental official paid mail is now invalid and the Post Office is having to run parallel systems for the old style mail and the new style House of Commons stationery. At the request of the House of Commons the Post Office has agreed to postpone the date of withdrawal until 31 March 1984, the end of its accounting year.