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Written Answer
Ec: Postal Service Comparisons
Lord Orr-Ewing
asked Her Majesty's Government:To what extent, in percentage terms, postal services in other EEC countries use part-time labour as recommended by successive inquiries in the United Kingdom in the last fourteen years: andWhat percentage of mail is now sorted by mechanical sorting machines in other leading Western European countries, and how this compares with the United Kingdom.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
(Lord Lucas of Chilworth)
The information requested is not readily available and could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.