Proceeding contribution from Gordon Prentice (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 16 December 2008. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Royal Mail.
Royal Mail
We are not going to sub-contract our judgment to Richard Hooper, who is a former vice-chair of Ofcom. We want a wholly publicly owned Royal Mail, and I will not support any legislation that privatises it. Is it not the case that over a very long period Government policies have been designed to weaken the Royal Mail in order to encourage competition into the market? Is it not scandalous that new entrants have been allowed to undercut the Royal Mail? There has never been a level playing field in the provision of postal services, and it is completely disingenuous for the Minister to advance this argument—
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- 2008-09
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- Industrial relations Finance Private sector Post offices Pension funds Postal services Ofcom Postal Services Commission Post Office Modernisation Regulation Royal Mail Postal Services Sector Review
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