Public Bill Committees
Postal Services Bill

• Postal Services Bill, 1st sitting (100 speeches)
  [Mr Jim Hood in the Chair]
• Postal Services Bill, 2nd sitting (109 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House PS 01 Robert Messenger PS 02 Age UK PS 03 Federation of Small Businesses PS 04 British Postal Museum & Archive PS 05...
• Postal Services Bill, 3rd sitting (46 speeches)
  [Mr Jim Hood in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House PS 09 PayPoint plc PS 10 TNT Post UK Ltd PS 11 The Co-operative Group PS 12 RAPP PS 13 Consumer Focus
• Postal Services Bill, 4th sitting (78 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair]
• Postal Services Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr Jim Hood in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House PS 14 Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance PS 15 Association of Convenience Stores
  • Clause 1 (148 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 1, page 1, line 7, afte r ‘repealed’, insert ‘but the restrictions in sections 65 to 67 of the Postal...
• Postal Services Bill, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 (125 speeches)
    Question (this day) again proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
• Postal Services Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr Jim Hood in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House PS 16 UK Mail
  • Clause 2 (56 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 16, in clause 2, page 1, line 16, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
• Postal Services Bill, 8th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 (107 speeches)
    Amendment proposed (this day): 16, in clause 2, page 1, line 16, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
• Clause 3, 9th sitting (80 speeches)
  I beg to move amendment 22, in clause 3, page 2, line 22, leave out subsections (2) to (4) and add—
• Clause 4, 9th sitting (6 speeches)
  I beg to move amendment 34, in clause 4, page 3, leave out line 7 and insert—
• Postal Services Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 4 (113 speeches)
    Amendment moved (this day): 34, in clause 4, page 3, leave out line 7 and insert—
  • Clause 5 (0 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 26, in clause 5, page 3, line 33, lea ve out ‘report’ and insert ‘Bill’.—(Nia Griffith.)
  • Clause 8 (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 32, in clause 8, page 5, line 14, lea ve out ‘reasonably’. I promise not to keep the Committee long with an inquiry into a single...
• Postal Services Bill, 11th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House PS 18 Royal Mail Group
  • Clause 9 (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 11 (30 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 3, in clause 11, page 6, line 22, le ave out ‘the company’s’.
• Postal Services Bill, 12th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr Jim Hood in the Chair]
  • Clause 11 (78 speeches)
    Amendment proposed (this day): 3, in clause 11, page 6,  line 22, leave out ‘the company’s’.—(Mr Weir.)
  • Clause 16 (17 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 44, in clause 16, page 9, line 25, at end insert ‘(but may not convert benefits that are not money purchase benefits to money purchase...
  • Clause 17 (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 43, in clause 17, page 10, line 6, at end insert— When the Minister spoke about amendment 39, I was interested—and glad—to...
• Postal Services Bill, 13th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House PS 19 ifs ProShare
  • Clause 18 (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 42, in clause 18, page 10, line 16, a t end insert—
  • Clause 19 (22 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 97, in clause 19, page 10, line 28, leave out subsection (3) and insert—
  • Clause 22 (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 100, in clause 22, page 12, line 18, a t end insert— As this issue is neither long nor complicated, I hope that the Minister will be...
  • Clause 27 (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 71, in clause 27, page 14, line 30, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘will’.
• Postal Services Bill, 14th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 27 (63 speeches)
    Amendment moved (this day): 71, in clause 27, page 14, line 30, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘will’.—(Nia Griffith.)
  • Clause 28 (52 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 40, in clause 28, page 15, line 4, at end insert ‘and to facilitate this, the current funding agreement of Postcomm in respect of...
• Postal Services Bill, 15th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 28 (75 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 74, in clause 28, page 15, line 14, at end insert
• Postal Services Bill, 16th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 28 (61 speeches)
    Amendment proposed (this day): 74, in clause 28, page 15, line 14, at end insert
  • Clause 29 (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 76, in clause 29, page 15, line 28, a t end insert
  • Clause 30 (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 56, in clause 30, page 16, line 3, af ter ‘letters’, insert ‘and other postal packets’.
• Postal Services Bill, 17th sitting (2 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair] PS 20 Employee Share Ownership Centre
  • Clause 30 (8 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 32 (11 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 33 (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 45, in clause 33, page 18, line 16, a fter ‘May’, insert ‘after five years’.
  • Clause 34 (18 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 81, in clause 34, page 18, line 38, leave out ‘may designate one or more postal operators’ and insert ‘must designate a postal...
  • Clause 35 (8 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 51, in clause 35, page 19, line 35, leave out ‘may impose a designated USP condition on a universal service provider’ and insert...
  • Clause 36 (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 92, in clause 36, page 20, line 38, at end insert— I expect that hon. Members are getting hungry and will not want me to speak for too long...
  • Clause 37 (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 106, in clause 37, page 21, line 36, leave out ‘and’ and insert
• Postal Services Bill, 18th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 37 (24 speeches)
    Amendment moved (this day): 106, in clause 37, page 21, line 36, leave out ‘and’ and insert
  • Clause 38 (24 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 70, in clause 38, page 22, line 33, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.—(Nia Griffith.)
  • Clause 39 (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 40 (2 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 108, in clause 40, page 24, line 10, a t end insert ‘OFCOM shall exercise its power under subsection (1) if it considers that the provision...
  • Schedule 4 (9 speeches)
    Question proposed,That the schedule be the Fourth schedule to the Bill.
  • Clause 42 (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 118, in clause 42, page 25, line 35, l eave out subsection (10). I really do not know how to follow that. Subsection (10) is strange. It...
  • Clause 43 (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 119, in clause 43, page 26, line 25, l eave out from ‘burden’ to end of line 26.
• Postal Services Bill, 19th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr Jim Hood in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House PS 21 Andrew Pendleton
  • Clause 44 (11 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 45 (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 121, in clause 45, page 28, line 13, l eave out ‘12 months’ and insert ‘3 years’. It is a pleasure to serve under...
  • Clause 46 (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 47 (12 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 50, in clause 47, page 29, line 22, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.—(Nia Griffith.)
  • Clause 48 (0 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 112, in clause 48, page 30, line 10, a t end insert ‘provided in either case that such action would not be likely to adversely affect the...
  • Clause 49 (8 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 122, in clause 49, page 30, leave out lines 34 and 35 and insert ‘every operator appropriate to the postal service each provides’. We...
• Postal Services Bill, 20th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr Jim Hood in the Chair] Written evidence to be reported to the House PS 22 COSLA
  • Clause 49 (1 speech)
    Amendment proposed (this day): 122, in clause 49, page 30, leave out lines 34 and 35 and insert
  • Clause 50 (0 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 65, in clause 50, page 31, line 35, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.—(Nia Griffith.)
  • Schedule 6 (12 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the schedule be the Sixth schedule to the Bill.
  • Clause 57 (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 59 (16 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 123, in clause 59, page 36, line 26, l eave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. At this point I might slow down the...
  • Clause 60 (11 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Schedule 9 (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 67, page 99, line 18 [Schedule 9], leave out ‘Except as mentioned below,’.
  • Clause 65 (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 124, in clause 65, page 40, line 7, le ave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’. The amendment seeks to change the review period,...
  • Clause 66 (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 67 (22 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 125, in clause 67, page 40, line 33, a t end insert—
  • Clause 68 (2 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 130, in clause 68, page 41, line 40, a t end insert—
  • Clause 69 (3 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 131, in clause 69, page 42, line 13, a t end insert—
  • Clause 70 (0 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 134, in clause 70, page 43, line 19, a t end insert ‘and
  • Schedule 10 (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 137, in schedule 10, page 103, line 6, leave out ‘50,’. Again, I will not detain the Committee for long. The purpose of the amendment is to...
  • Schedule 11 (6 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: 144, in schedule 11, page 114, line 41, at end insert: ‘and the representatives of the employees of the old company.’.—(Gordon Banks.)
  • Clause 77 (4 speeches)
    Question proposed,That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 79 (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 80 (17 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 102, in clause 80, page 48, line 38, l eave out from ‘29’ to end of line 40.
  • Schedule 12 (14 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 69, in schedule 12, page 128, line 13, at end insert “unless it can be identified that the packet was incorrectly priced by— I will be...
  • New Clause 5 (1 speech)
    Brought up, and read the First time.
  • New Clause 6 (2 speeches)
    Brought up.