GIFT PARCELS FOR BRITAIN
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STATEMENT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, May 5. Mr A. G. Bottomley, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Dominions, replying in the House of Commons to Earl Winterton, said he was satisfied that the British and overseas authorities were doing all they could to ensure that gift parcels reached their destination as rapidly as possible, but conditions at ports and on, the seas were still far from normal, ahd inevitably resulted in congestion and delays. He added that there was no evidence that any significant number of gifts posted from the Dominions were stolen or lost. Earl Winterton had asked Mr Bottomley to consult with the Post Office and the Board of Trade to see that every facility was given for gift parcels from the Dominions to reach the country as rapidly as possible, in view of the disappointment and resentment which donors overseas felt at the high percentage of parcels lost or delayed.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25177, 7 May 1947, Page 7
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