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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Wednesday 12 January 2011

 

Report Stage Proceedings

 

Postal Services Bill, As Amended


 

new clauseS

 

Post Office duty to process credit union transactions

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Not selected  NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Post offices shall have a duty to process transactions for credit unions for both

 

savings and loans.

 

(2)    

The Post Office may require credit unions to pay a standard fee per transaction,

 

set at no more than the cost of the transaction.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State shall meet the cost of necessary back-office and

 

information technology infrastructure at Post Office branches.

 

(4)    

The Secretary of State shall meet the cost of a public information campaign to

 

encourage saving with credit unions and to raise awareness of the availability of

 

affordable credit.’.

 


 

Guarantee of inter-business agreement

 

Bob Russell

 

Mr John Denham

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Negatived on division  NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Prior to any sale or transfer of a post office company an agreement must be

 

secured to guarantee the inter-business agreement between Post Office Limited

 

and Royal Mail for a period of at least 10 years.’.

 



 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Consultation with the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland

 

Assembly

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Mr Nigel Dodds

 

Ms Margaret Ritchie

 

Naomi Long

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Not selected  NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Before either—

 

(a)    

the Secretary of State makes or modifies any direction, regulations or

 

other provisions for the purpose of this Act; or

 

(b)    

OFCOM makes or modifies any access or other regulatory condition for

 

the purpose of this Act,

 

the Secretary of State or OFCOM shall consult with the Scottish Parliament, the

 

Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland Assembly as to the effect of the

 

relevant proposal on service users in each such respective part of the United

 

Kingdom.’.

 


 

Restriction on universal service provider disposals

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Negatived on division  NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Any company providing a universal postal service must, prior to selling any part

 

of its business to another entity, first report its intention to Ofcom who must

 

certify the sale does not in any way reduce the company’s ability to deliver its

 

universal service.’.

 


 

Mr John Denham

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Ms Rosie Winterton

 

Not called  22

 

Page  1,  line  4,  leave out Clause 1.

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Not selected  1

 

Page  1,  line  5  [Clause  1],  leave out subsection (1).

 



 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Not called  28

 

Page  2,  line  27  [Clause  3],  at end add ‘, and that the proportion cannot fall below

 

that level.’.

 


 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  3

 

Page  6,  line  24  [Clause  11],  after ‘offices’, insert ‘in England, Wales, Scotland and

 

Northern Ireland’.

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Not called  2

 

Page  6,  line  37  [Clause  11],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

The report must state the extent to which the Post Office network assists

 

individuals in completing Government forms.’.

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  4

 

Page  6,  line  40  [Clause  11],  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

The Secretary of State must give a copy of the report to—

 

(a)    

the Scottish Ministers,

 

(b)    

the Welsh Ministers, and

 

(c)    

the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern

 

Ireland.’.

 


 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  5

 

Page  7,  line  34  [Clause  14],  leave out ‘premises’ and insert ‘any premises or

 

vehicle’.

 


 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Not called  11

 

Page  15,  line  17  [Clause  28],  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

the needs of small business users in rural and remote areas’.

 


 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Not called  12

 

Page  16,  line  16  [Clause  30],  leave out ‘Friday’ and insert ‘Saturday’.


 
 

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Mr Mike Weir

 

Not called  13

 

Page  16,  line  28  [Clause  30],  leave out ‘Friday’ and insert ‘Saturday’.

 


 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Not called  14

 

Page  18,  line  17  [Clause  32],  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Brian Binley

 

Not selected  27

 

Page  18,  line  25  [Clause  33],  after ‘may’, insert ‘after five years’.

 

Mr John Denham

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Ms Rosie Winterton

 

Negatived on division  23

 

Page  18,  line  25  [Clause  33],  after second ‘time’, insert ‘but not before the date five

 

years after this Part comes into force’.

 

Mr John Denham

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Ms Rosie Winterton

 

Not called  24

 

Page  18,  line  33  [Clause  33],  after ‘time’, insert ‘but not before the date five years

 

after this Part comes into force’.

 

Mr John Denham

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Ms Rosie Winterton

 

Not called  25

 

Page  18,  line  36  [Clause  33],  leave out ‘may by order amend section 30’ and insert

 

‘shall as soon as reasonably practicable after the review of minimum requirements of the

 

Universal Postal Service under subsection (1) has been carried out lay before Parliament

 

a report which shall include a copy of the review.’.

 

Mr John Denham

 

Nia Griffith

 

Gordon Banks

 

Ms Rosie Winterton

 

Not called  26

 

Page  18,  line  37  [Clause  33],  leave out subsections (6) and (7).

 



 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Katy Clark

 

Jim Sheridan

 

Michael Connarty

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Mrs Linda Riordan

 

Kate Hoey

 

Not called  29

 

Page  21,  line  40  [Clause  37],  after ‘unless’, insert ‘it has been commercially

 

negotiated and’.

 


 

Katy Clark

 

Jim Sheridan

 

Michael Connarty

 

Kelvin Hopkins

 

Mrs Linda Riordan

 

Kate Hoey

 

Not called  30

 

Page  22,  line  1  [Clause  37],  leave out lines 1 to 18.

 


 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  17

 

Page  37,  line  21  [Clause  60],  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State may give a direction to a universal service provider

 

requiring the provider to do either or both of the following—

 

(a)    

to issue United Kingdom postage stamps bearing the image of Her

 

Majesty (“relevant stamps”) in cases specified in the direction, and

 

(b)    

to comply with provision specified in the direction in relation to any

 

relevant stamps that the provider is required or proposes to issue.’.

 

Bob Russell

 

Not called  9

 

Page  37,  line  21  [Clause  60],  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Hywel Williams

 

Not called  15

 

Page  37,  line  22  [Clause  60],  after ‘stamps’, insert ‘(a)’.


 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Mike Weir

 

Jonathan Edwards

 

Angus Robertson

 

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

 

Stewart Hosie

 

Hywel Williams

 

Not called  16

 

Page  37,  line  23  [Clause  60],  at end insert—

 

‘(b)    

requiring that they continue to issue definitive stamps in each nation of

 

the United Kingdom which include the symbols of that nation.’.

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  18

 

Page  37,  line  24  [Clause  60],  leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘subsection (1)(b)’.

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  19

 

Page  37,  line  24  [Clause  60],  leave out ‘the’ and insert ‘relevant’.

 

Bob Russell

 

Not called  10

 

Page  37,  line  25  [Clause  60],  after ‘issued’, insert ‘without the image of Her

 

Majesty and’.

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  20

 

Page  37,  line  26  [Clause  60],  leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘subsection (1)(b)’.

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  21

 

Page  37,  line  28  [Clause  60],  leave out second ‘the’ and insert ‘relevant’.

 


 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  6

 

Page  47,  line  12  [Clause  78],  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

As soon as practicable after agreeing to indemnify persons under this section, the

 

Secretary of State must lay a statement of the agreement before Parliament.’.

 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  7

 

Page  47,  line  23  [Clause  78],  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

If a sum has been paid out in consequence of an indemnity agreed to under this

 

section, the Secretary of State must lay a statement relating to that sum before

 

Parliament—

 

(a)    

as soon as practicable after the end of the financial year in which the sum

 

is paid out, and

 

(b)    

if subsection (4) applies to the sum, as soon as practicable after the end

 

of each subsequent financial year in relation to which the repayment

 

condition has not been met.

 

(6B)    

The repayment condition is met in relation to a financial year if—


 
 

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Postal Services Bill, continued

 
 

(a)    

the whole of the sum has been repaid to the Secretary of State before the

 

beginning of the year, and

 

(b)    

the company was not at any time during the year liable to pay interest on

 

amounts that became due in respect of the sum.’.

 


 

Secretary Vince Cable

 

Agreed to  8

 

Page  48,  line  20  [Clause  79],  leave out ‘thinks fit’ and insert ‘considers

 

appropriate’.

 

Bill read the third time on division, and passed.

 


 
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