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Debate on bill on Tuesday, 10 March 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Mandelson. The answering member was Lord Hunt of Wirral.

Postal Services Bill [HL]

Postal Services Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Amendment to decline to give a second reading debated and withdrawn. Original motion agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
708 c1062-137 
Session
2008-09
Department
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Legislative stage
Second reading
Procedure
Reasoned amendments
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Morgan of Huyton | 708 c1114-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the easy thing to do today, particularly if we think of the hours and days ahead of us goi...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 708 c1113-4 (Link to this contribution) Privatisation, my Lords; I have nationalisation on my mind. Furthermore, on finance, when we are spe...
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Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 708 c1112-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Fowler. If the Bill had been brought forward by the last...
Lord Desai | 708 c1110-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Bill quite enthusiastically. I spoke on the topic seven years ago in a debat...
Lord Whitty | 708 c1107-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I declare an interest as chair of Consumer Focus, which has inherited the responsib...
Baroness Prosser | 708 c1123-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a non-executive director of the Royal Mail Holdings board and as ...
Lord Rooker | 708 c1120-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I join others in paying tribute to the late Lord Dearing. He was a wonderful man an...
Lord Birt | 708 c1119-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Richard Hooper, not for the first time, has done this nation a service. He and his colleag...
Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 708 c1117-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of Unite. As has already been illustrated, parts of this...
Lord Cotter | 708 c1125-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, today we face a situation in which we are not short of ideas about what to do about the Ro...
Lord Mandelson | 708 c1128-33 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a very instructive and informed debate, as I would expect from this House, a...
Lord De Mauley | 708 c1127-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it would be an understatement to say that this has been an interesting debate. It is very ...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 708 c1073-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join the Secretary of State and the noble Lord, Lord Clarke of Hampstead, in paying trib...
Lord Clarke of Hampstead | 708 c1068-73 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it appears that the Secretary of State has already declared my interest in the Post Office...
Lord Mandelson | 708 c1062-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like to begin by paying tribute to the late Lord Dearing. He was widely respected ...
Lord Razzall | 708 c1079-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I suspect that in the current climate, with the question of subsidies into the financial s...
Lord Tebbit | 708 c1079 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord is making some extremely interesting points. Can he be sure whether such in...
Lord Razzall | 708 c1077-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join other noble Lords in commiseration for the sad death of Lord Dearing. By modern sta...
Lord Haskel | 708 c1082-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to Lord Dearing. He was a good friend. I thank the Minister for expla...
Lord Fowler | 708 c1087-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with what the noble Lord has just said about the recent improvement in the Royal M...
Lord Soley | 708 c1092-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find myself in agreement with a lot of what my noble friend has just said, but I want to...
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 708 c1089-92 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Bill. I spent a sizeable number of the past 10 years in the House of Commons...
Lord Giddens | 708 c1095-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by joining other noble Lords in paying tribute to the memory of Lord Dearing, of w...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 708 c1094-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I thank my noble friend for the detailed explanation that he has given us of what i...
Lord Lea of Crondall | 708 c1098-100 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome some aspects of the Bill, notably what it does to protect pensions and to reform...
Lord Alliance | 708 c1097-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as the chairman and main shareholder of a company that is the second...
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 708 c1102-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the Bill. That will come as no surprise to colleagues on these Benches as I have...
Lord Hoyle | 708 c1100-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join in with the tributes that have been paid to the late Lord Dearing. I have no doubt ...
Lord Bradshaw | 708 c1105-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in preparation for this debate—this goes back to the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord ...
Lord Clarke of Hampstead | 708 c1133-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, other noble Lords have said that today’s debate has been interesting; I have found it both...
Lord Clarke of Hampstead | 708 c1068 (Link to this contribution) Amendment to the Motion As an amendment to the Motion that the Bill be now read a second time, to l...
Lord Sawyer | 708 c1084-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Second Reading debate gives me the opportunity of sharing some of my experience in wor...
Lord Neill of Bladen | 708 c1080-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I intend to focus exclusively on Part 1 of the Bill. I shall be making a point with which ...
Subjects
Competition Communication Digital technology Industrial relations Finance Private sector Privatisation Pensions Partnerships Pension funds Postal services Ofcom Public private partnerships Modernisation Standards Regulation Trade unions Royal Mail Reorganisation Universal service obligation TNT Automation Postal Services Sector Review
Legislation
Postal Services Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
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