Proceeding contribution from Pat McFadden (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 11 February 2009. It occurred during Opposition day on Royal Mail.
Royal Mail
My hon. Friend is correct to say that there has been an increase in the volume of packets posted, but I have to tell him that the volume of mail sent overall has declined not just in this country but in many others. In just three years, the volume of mail posted in the UK has fallen by 5 million items per day. There has been an increase in the number of packets posted as a result of internet shopping and so on, but that increase is included in an overall drop of 5 million items a day. This effect is evident not only in the UK but in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and many other countries.
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- 2008-09
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- Cost effectiveness Competition Industrial relations Innovation Government assistance Private sector Workplace pensions Loans Prices Pension funds Postal services Ofcom Postal Services Commission Post Office Modernisation Standards Regulation Technology Royal Mail Universal service obligation Postal Services Sector Review
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