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Postal Services Bill [HL]

I thank the Minister for responding as he did. As he says, Clause 29 is extremely important and a key part of the Bill. That is why we thought it appropriate to raise this issue. The fact is that Saturday is excluded, notwithstanding the fact, as the Minister says, that packages are currently delivered on Saturdays. None the less, we have had this debate. It has been put on to the record that this could be an area of concern, and the Minister has said that Ofcom needs to take this into account. In debates only a short while ago, we talked about the need for the universal service to meet the needs of all users, and to do so there could sometimes be an urgent need for packages to be delivered on a Saturday. However, in the light of what the Minister has said, and given that Ofcom will consider this issue very seriously and, we hope, address what we think is a concern, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 82 withdrawn. Amendments 83 and 83A not moved. Amendment 84 had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.