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National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language)

I am listening carefully to what the hon. Gentleman is saying and I will certainly reflect on it. I think that he will find that, because postal services were included in the 1993 Act, there is no fundamental difference here. Nevertheless, I am sure that the Assembly will want to bear in mind what the hon. Gentleman has said when it enacts the measures, and I am sure that consultations, especially those on proportionality and reasonableness, would be taken into account when sub-post offices were affected. Importantly, I am also advised that, by order, local post offices were included in 1996, so the situation is not new, but I agree with the hon. Gentleman that it needs to be handled lightly rather than heavy-handedly.