Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 20 October 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Mandelson.

Royal Mail: Industrial Dispute

Lords statement on the Royal Mail industrial dispute.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 713 c567-78
Session: 2008-09
Department: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Gardner of Parkes | 713 c578 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am a great supporter of the Post Office. I look on it as a social service even as much a...; Lord Mandelson | 713 c578 (Link to this contribution) Of course, I quite understand and sympathise with the noble Baroness’s point of view and predicament...; Lord Baker of Dorking | 713 c577-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, seeing as the Secretary of State is not receiving too much help from his Back-Benchers, pe...; Lord Clarke of Hampstead | 713 c576-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am too long in the tooth to comment on the situation that we are in. After a lifetime of...; Lord Mandelson | 713 c577 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the point that I have been trying to make throughout is that there are many parts of the c...; Lord Mandelson | 713 c575 (Link to this contribution) The management of Royal Mail argues, not entirely unreasonably, that if it decided to go to arbitrat...; Lord Hoyle | 713 c575 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of Unite, which has members in the Royal Mail. I welcome...; Lord Eden of Winton | 713 c575 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, anyone who cares about the future of the Royal Mail must share the feelings of exasperatio...; Lord Hunt of Wirral | 713 c569-71 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the fact that the Secretary of State is here today to make the Statement, but my...; Lord Mandelson | 713 c572-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his support, if support it was. We all agree that no...; Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan | 713 c573-4 (Link to this contribution) I offer my sympathy to my noble friend, as no one has done more to try to improve the prospects of R...; Lord Mandelson | 713 c574 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend has been utterly consistent in his calls and demands for change, reform and modernis...; Lord Ashley of Stoke | 713 c574 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the incredible aspect of this situation is the failure of both sides to make a simultaneou...; Lord Mandelson | 713 c574-5 (Link to this contribution) I sympathise with my noble friend’s frustration. As I set out in my Statement, the point is that the...; Lord Mandelson | 713 c567-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to make a Statement about the decision of the Communication Workers Union to take n...; Lord Mandelson | 713 c578 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I regard the Bill not as a weapon but as an opportunity, and one that is still much needed...; Lord Razzall | 713 c571-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as is so often the case, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, clearly hit the nail on the ...; Lord Mandelson | 713 c575 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I and other members of the Government are not prepared to throw in the towel and accept th...
Subjects: Conditions of employment Finance Greater London Industrial disputes Workplace pensions Postal services Modernisation Royal Mail Strikes Communication Workers Union Postal workers
Contains statistics: Yes
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Royal Mail: Industrial Dispute

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