§ Lord Orr-Ewingasked Her Majesty's Government:
To what extent, in percentage terms, postal services in other EEC countries use part-time labour as recommended by successive inquiries in the United Kingdom in the last fourteen years: and
What percentage of mail is now sorted by mechanical sorting machines in other leading Western European countries, and how this compares with the United Kingdom.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Lucas of Chilworth)The information requested is not readily available and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.