Postal Services Bill. Lords report stage second day. Some amendments made. Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 70).
Postal Services Bill
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Postal Services Bill. As amended in Committee. (Lords Minutes)
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
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Wednesday, 6 April 2011
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Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1333 (Link to this contribution)
72: Clause 63, page 39, line 35, at end insert—
““““notification condition”” has the meaning given b...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1332 (Link to this contribution)
68: After Clause 39, insert the following new Clause—
““Notification condition
(1) OFCOM may impose ...
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Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1332-3 (Link to this contribution)
69: Clause 42, page 26, line 36, leave out ““3”” and insert ““5””
Amendment 69 agreed.
Clause 43 :...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1333 (Link to this contribution)
70: Clause 43, page 28, line 1, at end insert—
““( ) A direction under subsection (12) may not requi...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1333 (Link to this contribution)
71: Clause 60, page 38, line 27, leave out subsections (4) and (5)
Amendment 71 agreed.
Clause 63 ...
Baroness Kramer | 727 c1330 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I very much appreciate the thrust of the amendment. Obviously it is crucial to everybody i...
Lord De Mauley | 727 c1330-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Dean, for tabling Amendment 67, as it concerns a...
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde | 727 c1331-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate and particularly the Mini...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1320-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I apologise as I do not think that I have spoken to Amendment 66. I know that I have taken...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1312 (Link to this contribution)
64: Clause 32, page 19, line 9, after ““be”” insert ““highly””
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1312-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this amendment seeks to strengthen Clause 32 by tightening the definition of when the univ...
Lord Low of Dalston | 727 c1315-6 (Link to this contribution)
I should like to speak to Amendment 65A. I think I can be quite brief because the noble Lord, Lord Y...
Baroness Kramer | 727 c1316 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to make a couple of quick comments and ask a couple of questions of the Minister. I...
Lord Borrie | 727 c1316-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, subject to the questions that have usefully been asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer,...
Viscount Eccles | 727 c1317-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Clause 33 provides for a process that has been accurately and elegantly described by the n...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1318-20 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I can confirm that the very purpose of the Bill is to protect the universal service. I sho...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1320 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before I respond to what the Minister has said, I reassure the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles...
Lord Rogan | 727 c1309 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for her reply. However, I feel that she could have gone further. Therefore, I w...
Lord De Mauley | 727 c1324-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in this short debate. I shall speak to the amendm...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1327 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I listened very carefully to what the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, said in referring to the...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1322-3 (Link to this contribution)
The point at issue in Amendment 66A is whether Royal Mail should be allowed to be hived off and brok...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 727 c1323-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I listened to the noble Lord, Lord Young, but there are anxieties that the protection of t...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1329 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support Amendment 67. It would introduce a new clause after Clause 34 requiring Ofcom to...
Viscount Eccles | 727 c1329-30 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps I may make a very brief intervention. The noble Baroness, Lady Dean, and I have a ...
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde | 727 c1328 (Link to this contribution)
67: After Clause 34, insert the following new Clause—
““Indebtedness of potential USP
(1) OFCOM, in ...
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde | 727 c1328-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 67 deals with the potential indebtedness of a universal service provider. It is ...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1322 (Link to this contribution)
66A: Clause 34, page 19, line 38, leave out subsection (1) and insert—
““( ) OFCOM must designate a ...
Baroness Hayman | 727 c1263 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord has not moved his amendment and he cannot withdraw it. We are still on Amendment 58. ...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1263 (Link to this contribution)
59: Clause 28, page 16, line 10, at end insert ““before the end of a reasonable period and for its p...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1263-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 59 and in doing so speak to Amendments 61 and 62 in my name.
We m...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1264 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we welcome government Amendments 59 and 62, which would allow Ofcom to establish the times...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1262 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendments 58, 68 and 72 constitute a welcome and positive strengthening of regulation of ...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1261-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendments 68 and 72 standing in my name. During our discussions, ma...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1263 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in the light of what the Minister has said, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1262-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 67B seeks to ensure that, when imposing prices to access the network of the univ...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1261 (Link to this contribution)
58: Clause 27, page 15, line 34, at end insert—
““(ca) a notification condition (see section (Notifi...
Baroness Kramer | 727 c1306-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to come in now on this conversation. The noble Lord, Lord Whitty, talked about an e...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1307-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank very much indeed noble Lords who have spoken before me. I particularly thank my no...
Lord Rogan | 727 c1301 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this amendment is of the utmost importance to the post office network, which has been in s...
Lord Rogan | 727 c1300 (Link to this contribution)
63B: Clause 28, page 16, line 17, at end insert—
““( ) The Secretary of State shall ensure that the ...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 727 c1303-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I hope my noble friend will in the end decide to resist the blandishments that have been a...
Lord Whitty | 727 c1304-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was not going to intervene in this debate because I agree with much of what has been sai...
Lord Razzall | 727 c1304 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, everyone in the House would entirely endorse the remarks made by the two noble Lords who h...
Lord Whitty | 727 c1305-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it would be the nature of any investor in any situation to maximise their degree of flexib...
Viscount Eccles | 727 c1305 (Link to this contribution)
Can the noble Lord can give us some indication of how he comes to the conclusion that somebody buyin...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1268 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have every sympathy with the intention of Amendment 63A, which seeks to refine Amendment...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1267 (Link to this contribution)
63A: Clause 28, line 4, after ““points”” insert ““and post office outlets””
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1267 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we welcome government Amendments 71 and 73, which are welcome improvements. Amendment 63 w...
Earl Ferrers | 727 c1265 (Link to this contribution)
I just want to ask my noble friend whether, in referring to the chair of Ofcom, she really meant the...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1265 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendment 60 would place a new duty on Ofcom to have regard to the need to avoid regulatio...
Viscount Eccles | 727 c1264-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am a bit bothered about the amendment that the noble Lord, Lord Young, spoke to because ...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1266-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendments 71 and 73, which stand in my name. I will also say a few ...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1266 (Link to this contribution)
63: Clause 28, page 16, line 14, at end insert—
““( ) The Secretary of State may direct OFCOM to tak...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1266 (Link to this contribution)
61: Clause 28, page 16, line 10, at end insert—
““( ) The reference in subsection (3)(a) to the need...
Baroness Wilcox | 727 c1265-6 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, of course.
Amendment 59 agreed.
Amendment 60 not moved.
Amendments 61 and 62
Moved By
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 727 c1321-2 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for those comments. There were references in her previous contribution to a uni...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 727 c1301-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 67A in this group and to give our support to Amendment 63B in...
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