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Royal Mail

My hon. Friend the Member for Reading, West (Martin Salter) asked the then shadow Business Secretary:"““If I am to be tempted to vote for the motion, will he give an undertaking on behalf of his party to put £1.7 billion of investment into the network so that it can be sustained in a good old socialist fashion up to 2011?””" The then shadow Business Secretary said:"““I will not do that””.—[Official Report, 19 March 2008; Vol. 473, c. 950.]" That is fairly specific. If I am wrong, I would be happy to give way to the right hon. and learned Member for Rushcliffe so that he can get up and give a guarantee now. As we are talking about the Hooper review, will he give a guarantee that the Opposition will back the Government's view and do something about the pensions deficit?