Postmen (Wages)

Lieut.-Commander Braithwaite
asked the Postmaster-General what percentage increase in the maximum wages of established postmen has taken place since 1st August, 1945.

Mr. Wilfred Paling
Including the increase recently awarded by the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal, the figure is 28.6 per cent. in London and Class I provincial towns and slightly lower at the smaller offices.