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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 7 December 2010

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Postal Services Bill

 

[seventeenth and eighteenth sittings]

 

Clauses 30 and 31 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Not moved  9

 

Clause  32,  page  18,  line  8,  leave out sub-paragraph (b).

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not selected  79

 

Clause  32,  page  18,  line  9,  at end insert ‘and are so endorsed by regulation placed

 

before Parliament by the Secretary of State.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  45

 

Clause  33,  page  18,  line  16,  after ‘may’, insert ‘after five years’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  60

 

Clause  33,  page  18,  line  18,  at end insert ‘paying particular regard to the needs of—

 

(a)    

vulnerable consumers,

 

(b)    

rural consumers,

 

(c)    

small and medium enterprises.’.

 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  61

 

Clause  33,  page  18,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

When conducting any review OFCOM must consult—

 

(a)    

consumer representatives, and

 

(b)    

representatives of small and medium enterprises.’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  80

 

Clause  33,  page  18,  line  30,  at end insert ‘, providing the Secretary of State has

 

previously ensured that consultation has been undertaken with the devolved, territorial

 

bodies of Government as are appropriate to the provision.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  81

 

Clause  34,  page  18,  line  38,  leave out ‘may designate one or more postal operators’

 

and insert ‘must designate a postal operator’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  82

 

Clause  34,  page  18,  line  40,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  83

 

Clause  34,  page  18,  line  42,  leave out subsection (3).

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  84

 

Clause  34,  page  19,  line  6,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  85

 

Clause  34,  page  19,  line  17,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  86

 

Clause  34,  page  19,  line  20,  at end insert ‘, subject to the Secretary of State placing

 

these regulations before Parliament for approval.’.

 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  51

 

Clause  35,  page  19,  line  35,  leave out ‘may impose a designated USP condition on

 

a universal service provider’ and insert ‘must impose a designated USP condition on all

 

designated universal service providers’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  87

 

Clause  35,  page  19,  line  39,  leave out ‘or part of a universal postal service’.

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not moved  10

 

Clause  35,  page  19,  line  40,  leave out ‘or in a specified area of the United

 

Kingdom’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  89

 

Clause  35,  page  19,  line  44,  at end insert ‘including those provided by a Post Office

 

Company,’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  52

 

Clause  35,  page  20,  line  9,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  53

 

Clause  35,  page  20,  line  9,  leave out ‘only’.

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Not moved  11

 

Clause  35,  page  20,  line  16,  leave out ‘seek to’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  90

 

Clause  35,  page  20,  line  22,  at end insert ‘including the need for future investment

 

and service provision.’.

 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  54

 

Clause  35,  page  20,  line  23,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  91

 

Clause  35,  page  20,  line  24,  leave out subsection (7).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  92

 

Clause  36,  page  20,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

to publish annually an independently audited performance report

 

concerning each of the devolved government territories.’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  93

 

Clause  36,  page  20,  line  43,  leave out from ‘accuracy’ to end of line 45.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  106

 

Clause  37,  page  21,  line  36,  leave out ‘and’ and insert ‘provided in either case that

 

such action would not be likely to adversely affect the ability of the provider to provide

 

the universal postal service in accordance with the service standards specified in the

 

universal postal service order’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  95

 

Clause  37,  page  21,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Any USP access condition must—

 

(a)    

be commercially negotiated, and

 

(b)    

not undermine the universal service.’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Withdrawn  107

 

Clause  37,  page  21,  line  38,  leave out subsections (5) to (7).

 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  115

 

Schedule  3,  page  65,  leave out lines 17 to 37.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  116

 

Schedule  3,  page  65,  leave out lines 38 to 41.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  117

 

Schedule  3,  page  66,  leave out lines 1 to 10.

 

Schedule Agreed to.

 

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  70

 

Clause  38,  page  22,  line  33,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 39 Agreed to.

 

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  108

 

Clause  40,  page  24,  line  10,  at end insert ‘OFCOM shall exercise its power under

 

subsection (1) if it considers that the provision of a service within the scope of the

 

universal postal service by a person other than the designated universal service provider

 

may impede the ability of the designated universal service provider to comply with its

 

universal service obligations.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 41 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 4 Agreed to.

 

 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  118

 

Clause  42,  page  25,  line  35,  leave out subsection (10).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  119

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  25,  leave out from ‘burden’ to end of line 26.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  120

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  27,  leave out subsections (9) and (10).

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Negatived on division  109

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘(9A)    

OFCOM may not make a procurement determination before the end of the period

 

of 10 years beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.’.

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Not called  110

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  46,  at end add—

 

‘(14)    

A direction under subsection (12) must specify that a minimum of three years’

 

notice be provided to a designated provider before any other operator may

 

commence providing any of the postal services required to be provided by the

 

universal service obligations.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned until Thursday 9 December at 9.00 am

 
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