asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he will now give a breakdown of the way in which he plans to arrive at a saving of £138·2 million in Post Office expenditure during 1974–75, and evaluate the consequential changes to take effect during 1973–74, respectively.

I am still discussing with the Post Office how the savings in 1974–75 are to be made ; I expect the saving in 1973–74 to be of the order of £20 million.