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Postal Services Bill

My Lords, I shall be brief. I await with interest the remarks of other Members of the House on this group of amendments. My amendment seeks to leave out the words ““as a minimum”” as they refer to the universal postal service. I put down the amendment to see whether or not the Government had any intention of adding to the universal service because, if I read ““as a minimum”” correctly, that is an opportunity left open in future after the system of reviewing, which is the subject of other amendments in this group that will be discussed now. With that initial probe, I beg to move.