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Postal Services Bill [HL]

It is partly a question of where the statutory responsibility lies. As I was explaining, it would not be helpful to impose that on the Secretary of State. They key point is that, in practice, if there is full engagement, which I believe we have, there will be encouragement of the trustees through various means and at various points in time to communicate with those affected. I think that we are in agreement that it is important that those affected by these proposals understand it and can be reassured. That is what they should take from these proposals: it is a significant potential benefit.