asked the Postmaster-General, why small food parcels from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, to Gillingham, Kent, which are sent express post, are taking three, and sometimes four, days to be delivered; and what steps he will take to expedite the service.

The time is excessive, and I much regret the inconvenience and annoyance caused by the delays which have occurred. The service for parcel mails between the towns named has been re-arranged, and I hope there will be no further cause for complaint.

In view of the fact that perishable foodstuffs have gone bad on the way in this short journey, will the Minister put the necessary ginger into the Department concerned?

That has already been done, and there have been only three complaints.