Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 16 December 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Mandelson.

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Lords statement on Royal Mail.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 706 c742-54
Session: 2008-09
Department: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Modernise or decline: policies to maintain the universal postal service in the United Kingdom: an independent review of the UK postal services sector. (Chairman: Richard Hooper).
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
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Proceeding contributions: Lord Mandelson | 706 c754 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his support. I emphasise that Hooper estimates that t...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c753 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have made our commitment. We have offered loan and debt facilities, and we will maintai...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c754 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Lord’s support for what I would describe as a partnership, not...; Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 706 c753-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend agree that some of the most competitive organisations and companies i...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c754 (Link to this contribution) In principle, my Lords, it is on my agenda, but I am not sure if it is on the agenda of the workforc...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c752-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a matter for the management of the Royal Mail, I am relieved to say. I heard an it...; Lord Dykes | 706 c752 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister remind the House that the minority investment will remain a minority inv...; Lord Blackwell | 706 c753 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to ask the Secretary of State about two points. Although I have not read Ric...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c750 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I note what my noble friend—actually my old friend, as it happens—has to say about the reg...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c751 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are all in Mr Hooper’s debt because he has produced a first-rate report. The sort of mi...; Lord Dearing | 706 c750 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a former chairman of the Post Office and as someone who receives ...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c751-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot speak on behalf of the principal union in the Royal Mail, but I hope very much th...; Lord Eden of Winton | 706 c751 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I pay tribute to the postmen who deliver the mail to the door. I cannot recollect ever hav...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c752 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. Resources have been made available to the Royal Mail for...; Lord Clarke of Hampstead | 706 c749-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have questions, but I declare my interest as a former postman. Six years ago, this House...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c749 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the next 20 minutes is a period for questions and answers and not for long statements.; Lord Mandelson | 706 c748-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their responses to the Statement. Despite the somewhat churli...; Lord Razzall | 706 c747-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am somewhat amazed by the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley. I was under th...; Lord De Mauley | 706 c745-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Secretary of State for his Statement and for giving me sight of it a few minut...; Lord Mandelson | 706 c742-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to make a Statement about the Royal Mail. This Government are firmly committed to ...; Lord Hoyle | 706 c754 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s Statement, particularly in relation to public ownership. When ...; Lord Hamilton of Epsom | 706 c754 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, unlike the Minister’s noble friend I congratulate him on the part-privatisation of the Pos...; Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 706 c752 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend agree that the past 10 years have not been wasted and that that is a ...
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
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

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