asked the Postmaster-General whether he will give directions that civil servants employed in the Post Office Savings Bank may have their salaries paid into Post Office Savings Bank accounts and that, if they do, they will be given the same facilities of withdrawal as they receive from the joint stock banks?

I should not be justified in giving the Savings Bank staff any general facilities which are not available to the public as a whole, but certain matters of detail in connection with the payment of salaries into Savings Bank accounts are under consideration.