HC Deb 08 February 1994 vol 237 cc164-5W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee what consultations took place about the design of post boxes in the Palace of Westminster.

Mr. Ray Powell

Following consultation between officials of the House and the Post Office, which had agreed to commission and bear the cost of new post boxes, advice was sought on their practicability and design from the relevant Committees of both Houses and professional advisers. The introduction of the new boxes followed a limited trial period and an exhibition in the Upper Waiting Hall.