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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).

 
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