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Postal Services Bill [HL]

I have a short comment in support of the amendment. I was surprised when the noble Baroness, Lady Turner, said that she had received a letter, and I cannot resist making the same point that I made at Second Reading. It is noticeable that most of the lobbying that we have received for this debate came by e-mail, which demonstrates exactly the problem that the Royal Mail now has. The competition which causes many of the problems that produced this Bill comes not from other postal operators but from the e-mail structure. The huge lobbying that we have received from Unite came by e-mail, which demonstrates the problem. The point made by the noble Baroness and the noble Lord, Lord Hoyle, seems eminently sensible. I will certainly support the amendment and I fail to see why the Government cannot agree it.