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Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 11 November 2010

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

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Public Bill Committee


 

Postal Services Bill

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

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Clause  3,  page  2,  line  22,  leave out subsections (2) to (4) and add—

 

‘(2)    

Those arrangements must secure that, if at any time the proportion of the

 

company owned by the Crown is reduced from 100 per cent., the proportion of

 

the company owned by or on behalf of the employee share scheme shall be at least

 

20 per cent. of the proportion of the company that is not owned by the Crown.

 

(3)    

The arrangements must ensure that an equal dividend is paid from earnings to all

 

participants in the trust.

 

(4)    

The Secretary of State must report to Parliament when suitable arrangements

 

have been made for the establishment of the scheme, and the report must state—

 

(a)    

the precise terms of the scheme; and

 

(b)    

the expected timescale for its introduction.

 

(5)    

“Employee share scheme” means a scheme for holding shares or share rights in

 

trust on behalf of employees of the company.’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

23

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  22,  leave out subsections (2) to (4) and add—

 

‘(2)    

Those arrangements must secure that, if at any time the proportion of the

 

company owned by the Crown is reduced from 100 per cent., the proportion of

 

the company owned by or on behalf of the employee share scheme shall be at least

 

10 per cent. of the proportion of the company that is not owned by the Crown.

 

(3)    

The arrangements must ensure that an equal dividend is paid from earnings to all

 

participants in the trust.

 

(4)    

The Secretary of State must report to Parliament when suitable arrangements

 

have been made for the establishment of the scheme, and the report must state—


 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

(a)    

the precise terms of the scheme; and

 

(b)    

the expected timescale for its introduction.

 

(5)    

“Employee share scheme” means a scheme for holding shares or share rights in

 

trust on behalf of employees of the company.’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

24

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  33,  at end add—

 

‘(5)    

Any employee share scheme will be entitled to have at least one representative

 

from the scheme on the board of any company operating the scheme.’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

25

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  25,  at end add—

 

‘(8)    

A disposal of the Crown’s interest in a Post Office company will not be

 

authorised until—

 

(a)    

The Secretary of State has secured a written contract from the proposed

 

purchaser that at least one representative from those directly employed

 

by the Post Office or its successors will sit on the board of the new body;

 

(b)    

The Secretary of State has secured a written contract from the purchaser

 

that the headquarters of the new body will be located within the United

 

Kingdom;

 

(c)    

It has been agreed that any subsequent plans to relocate the head quarters

 

of the new body will require the approval of the Secretary of State;

 

(d)    

A consultation exercise has been held where all those enaged in the

 

provision of postal services in the UK have the opportunity to express

 

their views on the proposed transfer;

 

(e)    

The Secretary of State has responded formally to that consultation;

 

(f)    

A vote of all employees of and stakeholders in the affected Post Office

 

company has taken place and that a minimum of 50 per cent. + 1 of the

 

workforce have voted in favour of the proposed transfer; and

 

(g)    

The Secretary of State has presented to Parliament a Bill which confers

 

on the Secretary of State the power to dispose of the business and the duty

 

to report to Parliament on—

 

(i)    

all aspects of the proposed transfer, and

 

(ii)    

how the £1.34 billion investment in the Post Office has been

 

spent at the proposed time of transfer and the value of the

 

unspent budget, whilst detailing the progress made towards the

 

expected goals.’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

26

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  33,  leave out ‘report’ and insert ‘Bill’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

27

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  34,  at end insert ‘which confers on the Secretary of State the

 

powers to make the disposal.’.


 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

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Clause  5,  page  3,  line  35,  leave out ‘the report must’ and insert ‘when laying the

 

Bill the Secretary of State must report to Parliament and’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

29

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  33,  leave out from ‘report’ to end of subsection (2) and insert

 

‘identifying the preferred purchasers, and must deliver an oral statement to Parliament on

 

the matter and lay an order on the proposed disposal which will be subject to the super-

 

affirmative procedure under section 18 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act

 

2006.’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

30

 

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  33,  leave out from ‘report’ to end of subsection (2) and insert

 

‘identifying the preferred purchasers, and must deliver an oral statement to Parliament on

 

the matter and lay an order on the proposed disposal which will be subject to the

 

affirmative resolution procedure.’.

 


 
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