Postal Services Bill

My Lords, I listened carefully to what the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, said. I remember that occasion well, given my interests at the time and the continuing interest which I declared on a previous occasion. As I said, we do not seek to oppose the injection of private capital. Interestingly, there was almost unanimous support for the 2009 Bill, which applied the same formula that I applied to the House today. I hear the points made by the Minister on private sector investment but it is not quite true that it said ““100 per cent privatisation”” in either the coalition agreement or Liberal Democrat manifesto; I noticed that those were not the words that she used. I stick by my original assertion that this is new territory. It is an important and fundamental decision and one on which we should test the opinion of the House. Division on Amendment 2 Contents 165; Not-Contents 218. Amendment 2 disagreed. Clause 2 : Report on decision to dispose of shares in a Royal Mail company etc Amendment 3 Moved by