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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 16 December 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Pat McFadden.

Royal Mail

Statement on the future of Royal Mail.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
485 c964-79 
Session
2008-09
Department
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Post Offices
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Written questions
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Proceeding contributions
Pat McFadden | 485 c979 (Link to this contribution) We are determined to ensure that the universal service does not exist in name only. We understand it...
Pat McFadden | 485 c978 (Link to this contribution) As I say, the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alan Duncan) has a weird concept of stealing if he...
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Bob Spink | 485 c978 (Link to this contribution) Let us be clear: decent, hard-working Royal Mail staff and their families are approaching this Chris...
Pat McFadden | 485 c978 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement, the Hooper review did not cover the network of post office branches. Our ...
Russell Brown | 485 c978 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for the commitment that he has given to the universal service obligation, whi...
Pat McFadden | 485 c978-9 (Link to this contribution) Hooper is clear that his recommendations are a package and that they stand or fall together. That is...
Alistair Carmichael | 485 c979 (Link to this contribution) Many of us predicted the impact of what Hooper refers to as ““asymmetric competition”” at the time o...
Pat McFadden | 485 c976 (Link to this contribution) I cannot accept that the Government have weakened the Royal Mail. We have lent the company money to ...
Edward Leigh | 485 c976 (Link to this contribution) One of my many failures in this place occurred 15 years ago, when, as Post Office Minister, I tried ...
Michael Jack | 485 c976 (Link to this contribution) The importance of postal workers to the communities they serve cannot be underestimated, so under th...
Pat McFadden | 485 c976 (Link to this contribution) The intention in the Hooper report is for Royal Mail to partner another postal firm that has experie...
Gordon Prentice | 485 c976 (Link to this contribution) We are not going to sub-contract our judgment to Richard Hooper, who is a former vice-chair of Ofcom...
Speaker | 485 c976 (Link to this contribution) Order. Other hon. Members want to get in.
Mike Weir | 485 c975 (Link to this contribution) The devil may very well be in the detail, but we are being offered very little detail today to find ...
Pat McFadden | 485 c975 (Link to this contribution) The company is already going through a process of reducing the number of mail centres. Automation wi...
John McDonnell | 485 c975 (Link to this contribution) May I quote from the statement? It mentions, ““Bringing in a partner through a minority stake in the...
Pat McFadden | 485 c975 (Link to this contribution) I acknowledge the work force's contribution. This package offers them a more secure future for their...
Lord Field of Birkenhead | 485 c977-8 (Link to this contribution) May I offer the Minister an opportunity to deny specifically the allegation that the Opposition spok...
Andrew MacKay | 485 c977 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Minister on his courageous decision to part-privatise Royal Mail and assure him t...
Pat McFadden | 485 c977 (Link to this contribution) I believe that the legislation to implement these proposals is in line with our manifesto and offers...
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 485 c977 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will be aware of the existing very low morale in Royal Mail, partly because the work fo...
Pat McFadden | 485 c977 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept that the proposals are not consistent with our manifesto, as I have said several tim...
Alan Reid | 485 c977 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the commitment to the universal service obligation, but if Royal Mail is to be in a positi...
Pat McFadden | 485 c977 (Link to this contribution) Hooper considered and rejected the idea of a levy, because the real challenge is to make the changes...
Phyllis Starkey | 485 c976 (Link to this contribution) The fact that the Hooper report has now been published is welcome, as it allows decisions to be take...
Pat McFadden | 485 c977 (Link to this contribution) I am always happy to meet hon. Members and any delegations they wish to bring, but Hooper is clear i...
Pat McFadden | 485 c976 (Link to this contribution) As I have made clear a number of times, we will maintain the Royal Mail as a publicly owned company,...
Geraldine Smith | 485 c972 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister not recognise that most of the current financial difficulties facing Royal Mail st...
Pat McFadden | 485 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman asks two questions. The first relates to Post Office Ltd. As I said, we are acute...
Michael Connarty | 485 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) I look forward to reading the Hooper report, which should have come out last week, just before I vis...
Pat McFadden | 485 c972 (Link to this contribution) Universal service means a one-price-goes-everywhere delivery, six days a week. That is enshrined in ...
Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 485 c972 (Link to this contribution) While I welcome the Minister's assurance on the universal service, will he give a further assurance ...
Pat McFadden | 485 c972 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend is a passionate campaigner for post offices and Royal Mail, but I have to...
Ann Winterton | 485 c973 (Link to this contribution) When exactly do the Government expect to introduce legislation on their proposals, and will it be wi...
Pat McFadden | 485 c973 (Link to this contribution) As I have said to other right hon. and hon. Members in response to questions on the pension fund, ou...
Speaker | 485 c973 (Link to this contribution) Order. I understand the hon. Gentleman's deep concern, but Members have one supplementary question i...
Lord Touhig | 485 c973 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the debate that will now ensue after my right hon. Friend's statement, and I say to him th...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 485 c973 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Minister about access headroom? Many in the Royal Mail feel that that issue has constr...
Pat McFadden | 485 c973 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for acknowledging the urgency of change. He asks whether we wi...
Lindsay Hoyle | 485 c974 (Link to this contribution) I recognise that my right hon. Friend has made this statement, but I am not convinced by Hooper's re...
Pat McFadden | 485 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) I repeat that the company will remain publicly owned in line with the Government's manifesto. The ho...
David Curry | 485 c974 (Link to this contribution) I bet the Minister is looking forward to taking this through the House! On what date was the pensio...
Pat McFadden | 485 c974 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is correct to point to a growth in packet volumes as a result of people ordering over...
Baroness Hoey | 485 c974-5 (Link to this contribution) How will the Minister—and, indeed, his Secretary of State—convince the public and many Members on th...
Pat McFadden | 485 c974 (Link to this contribution) The valuation takes place every three years. I think I am right in saying that the last valuation wa...
Pat McFadden | 485 c975 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend asks how we can convince the public. The public want a strong USO, secure for the fut...
Peter Luff | 485 c971 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure how much I will help the Minister when I say that I think that the review team has don...
Pat McFadden | 485 c964-6 (Link to this contribution) I wish to repeat a statement made a little earlier by my noble Friend the Secretary of State for Bus...
Pat McFadden | 485 c970 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his broad welcome of our proposed changes. He mentioned the maintenan...
Viscount Thurso | 485 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for giving me an advance copy of the statement and notice of the salient points...
Pat McFadden | 485 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) As ever, the hyperbole of the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alan Duncan) disguises the lack of...
Alan Duncan | 485 c966-8 (Link to this contribution) May I thank the Minister for sight of his statement? We welcome Richard Hooper's report, which conf...
Pat McFadden | 485 c969 (Link to this contribution) I have the greatest respect for my hon. Friend, and I can assure him that this company will remain p...
Pat McFadden | 485 c971 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is correct to say that legislation would be needed to take these changes forwar...
Pat McFadden | 485 c973 (Link to this contribution) Legislation to carry these proposals forward would be in an additional Bill. I cannot say exactly wh...
Dennis Skinner | 485 c969 (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister aware that, in the real world, over the past nine months, the idea of privatisation ...
Lord Hain | 485 c970-1 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend confirm that legislation is needed to allow a private competitor to come i...
Subjects
Industrial relations Finance Private sector Post offices Pension funds Postal services Ofcom Postal Services Commission Post Office Modernisation Regulation Royal Mail Postal Services Sector Review
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