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| Wednesday 12 January 2011 |
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| Postal Services Bill, As Amended
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| | Post Office duty to process credit union transactions |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Post offices shall have a duty to process transactions for credit unions for both |
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| | (2) | The Post Office may require credit unions to pay a standard fee per transaction, |
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| | set at no more than the cost of the transaction. |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State shall meet the cost of necessary back-office and |
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| | information technology infrastructure at Post Office branches. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State shall meet the cost of a public information campaign to |
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| | encourage saving with credit unions and to raise awareness of the availability of |
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| | Guarantee of inter-business agreement |
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| | Negatived on division NC2 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Prior to any sale or transfer of a post office company an agreement must be |
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| | secured to guarantee the inter-business agreement between Post Office Limited |
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| | and Royal Mail for a period of at least 10 years.’. |
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| | Consultation with the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | (a) | the Secretary of State makes or modifies any direction, regulations or |
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| | other provisions for the purpose of this Act; or |
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| | (b) | OFCOM makes or modifies any access or other regulatory condition for |
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| | the Secretary of State or OFCOM shall consult with the Scottish Parliament, the |
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| | Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland Assembly as to the effect of the |
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| | relevant proposal on service users in each such respective part of the United |
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| | Restriction on universal service provider disposals |
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| | Negatived on division NC4 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Any company providing a universal postal service must, prior to selling any part |
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| | of its business to another entity, first report its intention to Ofcom who must |
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| | certify the sale does not in any way reduce the company’s ability to deliver its |
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| Page 1, line 4, leave out Clause 1. |
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| Page 1, line 5 [Clause 1], leave out subsection (1). |
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| Page 2, line 27 [Clause 3], at end add ‘, and that the proportion cannot fall below |
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| Page 6, line 24 [Clause 11], after ‘offices’, insert ‘in England, Wales, Scotland and |
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| Page 6, line 37 [Clause 11], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The report must state the extent to which the Post Office network assists |
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| | individuals in completing Government forms.’. |
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| Page 6, line 40 [Clause 11], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(6) | The Secretary of State must give a copy of the report to— |
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| | (a) | the Scottish Ministers, |
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| | (b) | the Welsh Ministers, and |
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| | (c) | the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern |
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| Page 7, line 34 [Clause 14], leave out ‘premises’ and insert ‘any premises or |
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| Page 15, line 17 [Clause 28], at end add— |
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| | ‘(c) | the needs of small business users in rural and remote areas’. |
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| Page 16, line 16 [Clause 30], leave out ‘Friday’ and insert ‘Saturday’. |
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| Page 16, line 28 [Clause 30], leave out ‘Friday’ and insert ‘Saturday’. |
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| Page 18, line 17 [Clause 32], leave out paragraph (b). |
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| Page 18, line 25 [Clause 33], after ‘may’, insert ‘after five years’. |
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| Page 18, line 25 [Clause 33], after second ‘time’, insert ‘but not before the date five |
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| years after this Part comes into force’. |
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| Page 18, line 33 [Clause 33], after ‘time’, insert ‘but not before the date five years |
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| after this Part comes into force’. |
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| Page 18, line 36 [Clause 33], leave out ‘may by order amend section 30’ and insert |
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| ‘shall as soon as reasonably practicable after the review of minimum requirements of the |
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| Universal Postal Service under subsection (1) has been carried out lay before Parliament |
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| a report which shall include a copy of the review.’. |
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| Page 18, line 37 [Clause 33], leave out subsections (6) and (7). |
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| Page 21, line 40 [Clause 37], after ‘unless’, insert ‘it has been commercially |
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| Page 22, line 1 [Clause 37], leave out lines 1 to 18. |
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| Page 37, line 21 [Clause 60], leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State may give a direction to a universal service provider |
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| | requiring the provider to do either or both of the following— |
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| | (a) | to issue United Kingdom postage stamps bearing the image of Her |
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| | Majesty (“relevant stamps”) in cases specified in the direction, and |
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| | (b) | to comply with provision specified in the direction in relation to any |
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| | relevant stamps that the provider is required or proposes to issue.’. |
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| Page 37, line 21 [Clause 60], leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| Page 37, line 22 [Clause 60], after ‘stamps’, insert ‘(a)’. |
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| Page 37, line 23 [Clause 60], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(b) | requiring that they continue to issue definitive stamps in each nation of |
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| | the United Kingdom which include the symbols of that nation.’. |
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| Page 37, line 24 [Clause 60], leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘subsection (1)(b)’. |
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| Page 37, line 24 [Clause 60], leave out ‘the’ and insert ‘relevant’. |
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| Page 37, line 25 [Clause 60], after ‘issued’, insert ‘without the image of Her |
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| Page 37, line 26 [Clause 60], leave out ‘this section’ and insert ‘subsection (1)(b)’. |
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| Page 37, line 28 [Clause 60], leave out second ‘the’ and insert ‘relevant’. |
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| Page 47, line 12 [Clause 78], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | As soon as practicable after agreeing to indemnify persons under this section, the |
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| | Secretary of State must lay a statement of the agreement before Parliament.’. |
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| Page 47, line 23 [Clause 78], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(6A) | If a sum has been paid out in consequence of an indemnity agreed to under this |
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| | section, the Secretary of State must lay a statement relating to that sum before |
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| | (a) | as soon as practicable after the end of the financial year in which the sum |
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| | (b) | if subsection (4) applies to the sum, as soon as practicable after the end |
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| | of each subsequent financial year in relation to which the repayment |
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| | condition has not been met. |
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| | (6B) | The repayment condition is met in relation to a financial year if— |
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