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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answers of 13 June, 351 c595-96W, and 10 July, 353 c372-3W, concerning successive reductions in the lower limit authorising competitive mail delivery, what treaty article was used as the basis for Directive 96/97; when he expects to...

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Date

28 July 2000

Reference

132664; 354 c1098-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 13th June, Official Report, 351 c595-96W, on letters and packets, if he will list, in respect of each change in weights of letter post made under Directive 97/67 of 1997 and its predecessors, the (a)...

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

4 July 2000

For answer on

10 July 2000

Answered on

10 July 2000

Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 13 June 2000, Official Report, columns 595-96W, on letters and packets, if he will list, in respect of each change in weights of letter post made under Directive 97/67 of 1997 and its predecessors, the (a) reasons for such change and the amount concerned, (b) date of its coming into force, (c) consideration by Parliament and (d) Minister of the Crown who gave consent to the directive and changes arising from it, giving the reasons for any such changes. [129596] Mr. Alan Johnson: Directive 97/67 was the first Postal Services Directive passed by the European Commission. It has no predecessors. A memorandum setting out how the Government intended to implement each of the requirements of the EU Directive, including draft postal services regulations, was published for consultation on 8 July 1999. Subsequently, the Postal Services Regulations (S.I. 1999/2107) transposed the Directive into United Kingdom law and amended the Postal Privilege (Suspension Order) 1981/1483 to include the words either weighs not less than 350 grams or. This had the effect of adding a weight threshold of not less than 350 grams to the existing £1 price threshold in order to be compliant with the Directive. The price threshold was already within the limit required by the Directive of five times public tariff for an item of correspondence in the first weight step of the fastest standard category. The Statutory Instrument was laid before Parliament on 27 July 1999 and came into force on 1 September 1999. The Minister responsible for postal issues at that time was my right hon. Friend the Member for Makerfield (Mr. McCartney), Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry.

Date

10 July 2000

Reference

353 c372-3W;353 c370-1W; 129596

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, under what statutory provisions the European Commission determines the limits to monopoly public services for letters or packets to a given upper value or weight. - Inc ref to Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament.

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Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 June 2000

Reference

125700; 351 c595-6W

House

House of Commons

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