Postal Services Bill

Part of the debate – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:59 pm on 9 November 2010.

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Photo of Gordon Banks Gordon Banks Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) 4:59, 9 November 2010

I would like to ask one supplementary question in relation to that, which is just something that I have been thinking about. From the private sector’s business point of view—possibly from the Government’s, but largely from the private sector’s—we will see the demise of cheque payments in the years to come. That is not something that I totally agree with, with my background, but do you share concerns that that decision will have an impact on the amount of traffic through Royal Mail? I sat last night and—dare I say it—did my IPSA payments, and I sent a lot of cheques away to people. At some time in the future, if I am still a Member of Parliament, I will not be able to do that, so all those envelopes that I posted last night will not be going through Royal Mail.