Former MP for Chichester
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will make a statement on the discussions he has had with interested parties concerning the connection of privately-owned equipment to the Post Office system.
I realise that my Question may be somewhat premature. May I ask the Postmaster-General, however, whether the aim of these discussions is to investigate the desirability of allowing a wider range of efficient privately-owned equipment to be connected to the public system?
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he now proposes to take to reduce the drift of workers from the land.
I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that the steady decline in the number of farm workers is acceptable at present owing to increased mechanisation and modern methods, but would he not agree that there is a need in the long term to encourage younger men into the industry to avoid an imbalance in the age structure?
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will issue a revised and clarified claim form for beef cow subsidy.
I thank the hon. Gentleman for that reply. Is he aware that this form is causing considerable extra work to his divisional offices owing to its ambiguity in relation to the qualifying acreage requirement? Much unnecessary correspondence could be avoided if the forms were clearer on this point.
In drawing this matter to the attention of the House, I realise that in two respects it might rot at first be considered a suitable or propitious moment at which to discuss the monopoly of the Post Office with regard to the use of equipment. I had intended to thank the Postmaster-General for coming to the House to reply to the debate. He gave me a definite assurance that he would be here,...
The Minister will be aware that I am in a difficulty, because I was not in the house at the time, but I can assure him that the information I have—which is from the lady who was dusting—is that two chaps came in and were quite definitely inquiring for this antique telephone of which they had heard so much. She denied knowledge of it, because she did not know anything about it. It was in...
