Proceeding contribution from Lord Clarke of Hampstead (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 31 March 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Postal Services Bill [HL].
Postal Services Bill [HL]
Walk-sequencing machines are not yet installed. The modernisation agreement that I referred to embraced other things, such as staff revisions and reduction of certain services. At the moment, as I have said several times, although I am told that they are in wraps in this country. On the website of the German company SOLYSTIC—it is in German, but it is easily translated—it is clear they have orders from others. Even if we were to wave a magic wand now, it could not be done, because those machines are not available. They have been trialled and they work very well, but they were not part of the first two years of the modernisation programme, which was designed to last for four years.
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- Conditions of employment Contracts Industrial relations Finance Liability EU law Insolvency Government assistance Government shareholding Private sector Pensions Partnerships Post offices Pension funds Pension Protection Fund Postal services Ofcom Postal Services Commission Post Office Modernisation Regulation Voting rights Technology Royal Mail TNT
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- Postal Services Bill (HL) 2008-09
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