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Postal Services Bill key documents

Latest print of the Postal Services Bill

• Latest Print of the Bill available from the Parliamentary website
  
  

Command paper policy statement

• The future of the universal postal service in the UK [Cm 7560] (1759KB)

Impact assessment of proposals contained in the Bill

• Impact assessment of the Postal Services Bill (264KB)

Letters to Peers

In the House of Lords sessions on the Bill, Ministers promised to write to peers on a number of issues relating to the Bill. The subsequent letters are available below:

• Baroness Vadera to Lord Hoyle (25 March) about Royal Mail borrowing  (51KB)
  
  
• Lord Tunnicliffe to Lord Hunt (30 March) about the power to direct issue of certain securities; transfer schemes; and TUPE (1265KB)
  
  
• Letter to Lord Skelmersdale from Lord McKenzie (20 April) about Royal Mail Pension Plan (243KB)
  
  
• Letter from Lord Carter to Lord Hunt (6 May 2009) about regulation of the postal sector  (97KB)
  
  
• Annexes to 6 May 2009 Lord Carter to Lord Hunt letter about regulation of the postal sector  (34KB)
  
  
• Letter from Lord Mandelson to peers (7 May 2009) about Government amendments to the Postal Services Bill at Lords Report relating to price control  (45KB)

Government response to the 1 April 2009 Business and Enterprise Select Committee Report on the Bill

• Government response to the House of Commons Business and Enterprise Select Committee report on the Postal Services Bill [Cm 7623] (330KB)

Explanatory Note detailing how the Bill will transpose EU legislation

The Bill will implement provisions of the EU Postal Services Directive 2008/6/EC and the Department has produced an explanatory note detailing how the Bill will transpose the EU legislation.

• Transposition notes for the Postal Services Directive (2008/6/EC)  (42KB)