S.C.B.
Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 29th February 2000
STANDING COMMITTEE B
POSTAL SERVICES BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [22nd February], as follows:
Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clauses 3 to 5, Clauses 31 to 39, Clause 2, Schedule 2, Clauses 40 to 50, Clauses 6 to 30, Clause 51, Schedule 3, Clauses 52 to 79, Schedules 4 and 5, Clauses 80 to 93, Schedule 6, new Clauses, new Schedules, Clauses 94 to 101, Schedules 7 and 8, Clauses 102 to 105.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
40
Schedule 1, page 57, line 6, at end insert 'after consultations with the Trade and Industry Select Committee of the House of Commons'.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
41
Schedule 1, page 57, line 7, after 'three', insert 'and no more than five'.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
42
Schedule 1, page 57, line 20, insert 'after consultations with the Trade and Industry Select Committee of the House of Commons'.
Mr Brian Cotter
Mr Colin Breed
55
Schedule 1, page 57, line 22, leave out 'five' and insert 'three'.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
43
Schedule 1, page 57, line 22, at end insert 'renewable thereafter'.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
44
Schedule 1, page 57, leave out lines 29 to 31.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
45
Schedule 1, page 58, line 20, leave out '(including quorum)', and insert 'but such procedures must specify a quorum of either 50 per cent. of its membership or three, whichever is the greater'.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
46
Schedule 1, page 58, leave out lines 42 to 44.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
47
Schedule 1, page 58, leave out line 45.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
48
Schedule 1, page 59, leave out lines 2 and 3.
Mr Brian Cotter
Mr Colin Breed
56
Schedule 1, page 59, line 3, at end insert 'as reasonable'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
2
Clause 4, page 2, line 25, after 'packets', insert 'and relevant postal items'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
3
Clause 4, page 2, line 28, after 'packets', insert 'and relevant postal items'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
4
Clause 4, page 2, line 30, after 'packets', insert 'and relevant postal items'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
5
Clause 4, page 2, line 33, after 'packets', insert 'and relevant postal items'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
1
Clause 4, page 2, line 40, at end insert 'where the prices under such agreements are geared to the costs associated of providing the services to those customers,'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
6
Clause 4, page 3, line 16, after first 'packets', insert 'or relevant postal items'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
7
Clause 4, page 3, line 16, after second 'packets', insert 'or relevant postal items'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
8
Clause 4, page 3, line 22, leave out from 'Union' to end of line 25 and insert
'"relevant postal items" means postal packets whose weight does not exceed 2 kilograms and whose dimensions fall within permitted limits, and
"relevant postal packets" means postal packets excluding letters whose weight does not exceed 10 kilograms and whose dimensions fall within permitted limits.'.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
49
Clause 5, page 3, line 35, at end insert
'(e) individuals who are homeless'.
Mr Alan Johnson
57
Clause 32, page 18, line 9, leave out 'licence holders under Part II' and insert 'any universal service provider,
( ) any licence holder under Part II who is not a universal service provider'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
15
Clause 33, page 18, line 29, after 'Kingdom', insert ', the European Community'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
16
Clause 33, page 18, line 31, after 'Kingdom', insert ', the European Community'.
Mr Alan Johnson
58
Clause 33, page 18, line 38, after 'by' insert '
(a) any universal service provider in the provision of a universal postal service, and
(b) so far as not falling within paragraph (a),'.
Mr Alan Johnson
59
Clause 35, page 19, line 44, leave out 'licence holders under Part II' and insert 'a universal service provider,
( ) any licence holder under Part II who is not a universal service provider'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
17
Clause 36, page 20, line 13, leave out 'any person' and insert 'the Council, a universal service provider, or any licence holder under Part II who is not a universal service provider,'.
Mr Alan Johnson
60
Clause 39, page 22, line 33, leave out 'licence holders under Part II' and insert 'any universal service provider,
( ) any licence holder under Part II who is not a universal service provider'.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
50
Schedule 2, page 59, line 8, at end insert 'after consultations with the Trade and Industry Select Committee of the House of Commons'.
Mr Alan Johnson
61
Schedule 2, page 59, line 14, at end insert
'( ) In appointing persons under this paragraph or paragraph 2(1)(a), the Secretary of State shall have regard to the desirability of including among the members of the Council one or more persons who
(a) have experience of work among, and the special needs of, disabled people, or
(b) have or have had a disability.'.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
51
Schedule 2, page 60, leave out lines 21 to 23.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
52
Schedule 2, page 61, line 17, leave out '(including quorum)', and insert 'but such procedures must specify a quorum of either 50 per cent. of its membership or three, whichever is the greater'.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
53
Schedule 2, page 61, leave out lines 36 to 38.
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Richard Page
54
Schedule 2, page 62, leave out lines 6 and 7.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
18
Clause 41, page 23, line 13, at end insert 'and'.
Mr Alan Johnson
62
Clause 41, page 23, line 13, at end insert
'(ab) any universal service provider,'.
Mr Alan Johnson
63
Clause 41, page 23, line 14, after 'Part II' insert 'who is not a universal service provider'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
19
Clause 41, page 23, line 14, leave out from 'II' to end of line 16.
Mr Alan Johnson
64
Clause 41, page 23, line 19, leave out '(b) or' and insert '(ab) to'.
Mr Alan Johnson
65
Clause 43, page 24, line 4, after 'provision', insert '(in the United Kingdom and elsewhere)'.
Mr Alan Johnson
66
Clause 43, page 24, line 4, leave out 'relevant'.
Mr Alan Johnson
67
Clause 43, page 24, leave out lines 5 and 6 and insert 'and
( ) the interests and views of users of postal services in the United Kingdom and matters affecting those interests and views.'.
Mrs Angela Browning
Mr Alan Duncan
Mr Nick Gibb
9
Clause 12, page 7, line 32, leave out subsection (2).