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Postal Services Bill [HL]

We ought to have consensus in your Lordships’ House on this issue. I do not know whether the drafting is correct or whether the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Clarke of Hampstead, meets the point that the Government should concede, but I hope the Government will take on board the general principle enunciated by the noble Lords, Lord Clarke and Lord Skelmersdale. As the noble Lord, Lord Clarke, and the noble Baroness, Lady Turner, have indicated, consultation in the context of these quite delicate but important issues for pensioners is an important principle. If the Government do not like the wording of the amendment, I hope that they will come back on Report with one that reflects that point. There is consensus here, and I hope that the Government will feel able to reflect that.